[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S2758]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator 
from Vermont, Mr. Leahy, be allowed to speak for up to 5 minutes, 
followed by Senator Miller from Georgia for 10 minutes, followed by 
Senator Roberts from Kansas for 10 minutes.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator 
from Pennsylvania, Mr. Specter, be recognized for 5 minutes as in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, my 
concern is we have pending a cloture vote tomorrow at some time. I have 
no objection to accommodating my colleagues to speak this morning, but 
I wonder if we could get some idea as to how to proceed so that this 
would not take away from the time before the proposed cloture vote. I 
have no idea what time it would be.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to my friend from Alaska, the majority 
leader said that people can talk tonight as long as they care to talk. 
He has not yet decided what time the cloture vote will be in the 
morning, but there should be time to talk in the morning also.
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Then, I would simply appeal to the majority leader, 
who I see is on the floor, to allow us an additional time from whatever 
his time may be, which we do not know.
  But to extend the courtesy, I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I put our Members on notice, we have 
probably 15 Members who want to speak today. So I suspect we will be in 
rather late this evening.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I modify my 
request, that after the Senator from Vermont and the Senator from 
Pennsylvania and the Senator from Georgia and the Senator from Kansas 
have all spoken, that we go back on the bill, and that I be recognized 
to speak at that time on the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Vermont.

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