[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 78 (Friday, May 23, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S7110]
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              UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS OF 2003

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
  Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2185 to extend the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002; providing further that 
the bill be read the third time and passed, and the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. I object.
  Let me get it straight. Do we have the yeas and nays?
  Mr. REID. We will take care of you. Let's get this done.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. I withdraw my objection.
  Mr. REID. If I might, I appreciate very much the consideration of the 
Senator from South Carolina because we have not finished his amendment. 
We failed to tell him that the Senator from Alaska was going to offer 
this request.
  This is, as I understand it, the House passed unemployment insurance 
compensation action; is that true?
  Ms. MURKOWSKI. That is correct.
  Mr. REID. We have no objection.
  We are very grateful this is completed. As we indicated earlier, we 
are sorry it is not an extended benefit but we are better off than we 
were an hour and a half or 2 hours ago. We extend our appreciation to 
the majority.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2185) was ordered to a third reading, read the third 
time, and passed.

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