[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 129 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10941-S10942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3709

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to 
be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the 
Democratic leader, the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of 
Calendar No. 527, S. 3709, the U.S.-India nuclear bill. I further ask 
that a manager's amendment to be agreed upon by Senators Lugar, Biden, 
and Frist be agreed to as original text for the purpose of further 
amendment, and that the only other amendments in order be: Ensign 
regarding inspection, to be considered in closed session; Reed, Levin, 
Obama, two Dorgan amendments, Feingold, Boxer, Feinstein, Harkin, up to 
seven Bingaman, Kennedy, and Dodd. I further ask that all amendments 
except Senator Feingold's be subject to relevant second degrees and 
that all be related to the subject matter of the bill.
  I further ask that once the bill as amended has been read a third 
time, the Senate then proceed to the consideration of H.R. 5682, the 
House-passed companion, that all after the enacting clause be stricken 
and the text of S. 3709 as amended be inserted in lieu thereof, and 
that the Senate then proceed to a vote on passage of H.R. 5682 as 
amended with no intervening action or debate. I further ask that 
following passage of the bill, the Senate insist upon its amendment and 
request a conference with the House, the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees, and S. 3709 be returned to the calendar.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without 
objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this is the unanimous consent about how we 
will

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handle the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation bill. We are currently in 
discussion with a number of other agreements that we are attempting to 
reach in order to plan out activity both today and tomorrow and 
possibly Friday. With that, we expect to complete our business this 
week and then following that we will be out until December 4, or that 
week of December 4. As we look ahead, because we have a number of 
issues to address, we will be keeping our colleagues notified on both 
sides of the aisle. There are a number of issues the Democratic leader 
and I have outlined that we would like to do before we leave in 
December.

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