[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S3013]
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                             U.S. ATTORNEYS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me add to the majority leader's 
observation that with regard to the U.S. attorneys bill this morning, 
we have copies of a couple of amendments that will be offered to that 
bill. That should allow us to go forward with the unanimous consent 
agreement, as I indicated to the majority leader yesterday, which may 
allow us to vitiate cloture on that measure.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we agree generally with the amendments. They 
appear to be reasonable. I think it would be a good way to set this 
matter aside. We should be able to vitiate cloture. As we speak, the 
persons interested in the bill are looking at the amendments and, 
hopefully, the unanimous consent can be done rapidly.

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