[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S11519]
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                     ORDER OF PROCEDURE--H.R. 2754

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, we are currently on the energy and water 
bill. There is pending a Feinstein amendment. We have talked about it.
  I ask unanimous consent, and this is acceptable to the other side and 
the proponents, that a vote occur on or in relation to the Feinstein 
amendment at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon.
  Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, I ask there be no amendments 
in order prior to that vote and that the time between 2:15 and 2:30 be 
equally divided.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator so amend his request?
  Mr. DOMENICI. I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I say to the Senate, we are on an energy 
and water bill. There is no long list of amendments we are aware of. We 
are aware of two, maybe three amendments. We ask that Members help us 
finish this evening. It seems now it is the will of both the majority 
and the minority we finish tonight.
  The next subject matter will be an appropriations bill, from what I 
understand. The majority leader has so committed the next bill will be 
an appropriations bill. There should be no reason why we cannot finish 
this bill tonight. There may be two amendments. There may be three. On 
the other hand, there could be just one. We would like Senators to help 
by getting those amendments as soon as possible so right after the 2:30 
vote we can move right ahead with the next amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, through you to my distinguished Chair of the 
subcommittee, Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island is ready to offer his 
amendment immediately following the vote on the Feinstein amendment. We 
understand there may be an amendment offered by Senator Cantwell. There 
may be some procedural problems with that. We are still working on 
that. I am confident she will be ready to offer that as soon as we 
finish the Reed amendment. There may be another amendment Senator 
Domenici and I have been working on, working with the chairman of the 
full committee to see if that can be resolved in some other way.
  I have not spoken to either of the leaders about this, but I have had 
many questions about the storm that is coming. People are very 
concerned about that for very personal reasons. The storm, we believe 
they have indicated, now will strike about noon on Thursday. If it 
keeps going the way it is, it will be a very devastating storm. We know 
some people have obligations this weekend. As I said, I have not spoken 
to the two leaders, but as the storm develops I am sure they will talk 
to us.
  I agree with the chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Domenici. We 
will move forward and have all the amendments offered tonight and 
finish this bill tonight. If there is some reason we cannot do the 
votes tonight, we will have the votes set for tomorrow morning. We will 
move to expeditiously finish this bill as soon as possible.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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