[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13112-S13113]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DASCHLE. There has been a good deal of discussion during the vote 
on how to proceed. I think we may have reached an agreement, a 
consensus on how to complete the agreement that would be in most 
people's interests and accommodating most schedules; that is, if we 
voted on the defense authorization conference report right now.
  As I understand it, the chair of the committee, the chair of the 
Appropriations Committee, as well as the chair of the defense 
authorizing committee and ranking member are prepared to speak about 
the conference report for the record and share with Members its many 
component parts immediately following the vote.
  I ask unanimous consent that the defense authorization conference 
report be brought before the Senate and the Senate vote on its final 
adoption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. BYRD. Reserving the right to object--I do not intend to object--I 
want Senators to know I intend to vote against this conference report, 
and I will explain why because I understand the problems that confront 
the leader and I am very willing to wait until after the vote to make 
that statement.
  Mr. McCAIN. Reserving the right to object, is it the intention of the 
majority leader to return to consideration of the agriculture bill?
  Mr. DASCHLE. The Senator from Arizona is correct.
  Mr. McCAIN. I ask that, following the Wyden-Brownback amendment, the 
McCain-Gramm amendment be considered.
  Mr. DASCHLE. For clarification, we will have the discussion about the 
defense authorization conference report. Immediately following that, it 
will be my intention to go back to the farm bill. I think there was 
some understanding that we recognize the Senator from Kansas and the 
Senator from Oregon for a brief period of time for an amendment that I 
think has been agreed to, and then it would be our intention to move to 
the amendment offered by the Senator from Arizona.
  Mr. LOTT. Reserving the right to object, if I could, just for one 
clarification, if Senator Daschle would clarify, will we have the vote 
on the judge that had been scheduled in this back-to-back vote?
  Mr. DASCHLE. That would be my intention, that we would.
  Mr. LOTT. I withdraw.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. GRAHAM. I ask, in addition to the current unanimous consent 
request, that immediately after debate on the amendment of the Senator 
from Arizona, we then turn to the debate on the amendment as offered by 
Senator Smith of New Hampshire and Senator Torricelli of New Jersey.
  Mr. DASCHLE. That will be made part of the request.

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  Mr. WYDEN. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. WYDEN. Reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Dayton). The Senator from Oregon.
  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I want to be clear as to what the Senator 
from Florida is asking. Senator Brownback and I intend to be very 
brief. Is it the understanding of the Senator from Florida that we can 
dispose of that very quickly and then go back?
  Mr. GRAHAM. As I understand it, if this unanimous consent agreement 
is accepted relative to the farm bill, the Senator from Oregon would be 
first, the Senator from Arizona would be second, and then consideration 
of the Smith-Torricelli amendment would be third.
  Mr. WYDEN. I withdraw my reservation.
  Mr. WARNER. Have the yeas and nays been ordered on the defense 
authorization conference report?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The conference report has not yet been put 
before the Senate. The yeas and nays are not in order at this point.
  Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, prior to the time we move to the 
conference report, there is one other housekeeping matter. It is always 
in keeping with our practice that the intelligence authorization and 
the defense authorization are considered jointly. I am told that I need 
to make the following request: That the conference report to accompany 
H.R. 2883, the intelligence authorization, be considered agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action 
or debate, provided that H. Con. Res. 288, the concurrent resolution 
providing for a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 1438, be 
considered agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table without intervening action or debate.
  I would just say, for the information of all my colleagues, this is 
done as we take up the Defense authorization bill. I made this request 
earlier, and I am simply repeating it now for the colloquy.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent when the Senate considers the 
Executive Calendar nominations, the first vote occur on Calendar No. 
590, to be followed by Calendar No. 589 and Calendar No. 592, and that 
their consideration occur following this next vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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