[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 158 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13943-S13944]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I have a unanimous consent request that 
we proceed to the Pryor nomination. But I would just ask the Senator 
from Nevada if there is a possibility that we could get a unanimous 
consent agreement, however much time the minority would need, to debate 
this nominee so we can give the attorney general of

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Alabama, who has been nominated to the Eleventh Circuit, the 
opportunity to have an up-or-down vote on the floor of the Senate, 
which has been the custom here for over 22 years.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would say to my friend, and the entire 
Senate, we have already spoken on this. There has been a vote to invoke 
cloture. That failed. I am confident if this comes up again, the vote 
will be the same. So I think that actually we are just wasting the time 
of the Senate, with all the many important things we have to do, and it 
would just be a repeat of the prior effort to invoke cloture, which 
failed.
  So I object to my friend's request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard.

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