[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S1755]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I would propound a unanimous consent 
request. I ask unanimous consent that during the period of morning 
business, Senators be permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes 
each, and that the following Senators be recognized in this order: 
Senators Hutchison, Inhofe, Chambliss, Kennedy, and Leahy; and 
following that, Senator Shelby be recognized for up to 45 minutes; and 
that after this sequence, the sides alternate where appropriate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, this is, as 
I am sure the Senator from Texas knows, somewhat unusual, and not the 
way this is normally done. Normally we would alternate from side to 
side. I have actually discussed this with some of the Senators on her 
side. However, in the interests of at least having some idea of where 
we are going to go so we won't have to do the procedural fix of having 
Senators stand up and propound speeches that are put in the form of a 
question as we have been seeing here for some time, I will not object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
unanimous consent request is granted.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, my remarks will not last 10 minutes, 
and I hope the Senator from Georgia will be able to have his time in 
turn, because he has been waiting for quite a long time.

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