[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4657-S4658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, as in executive session I ask unanimous 
consent that on Tuesday, April 28, at 10 a.m., the Senate proceed to 
executive session to consider the Calendar No. 62, the nomination of 
Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human Services; that 
there be 8 hours of debate with respect to the nomination, with

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the time equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their 
designees; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate 
proceed to vote on the confirmation of the nomination and that the 
confirmation be subject to an affirmative 60-vote threshold; that upon 
achieving that threshold, the nomination be confirmed, the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table and there be no further motions in 
order, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, 
and the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Republican leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask there be a modification to allow 
Senator Bunning 20 minutes of the time available for the nomination of 
Kathleen Sebelius.
  Mr. REID. No problem at all with that, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no objection to the request as 
modified, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would finally say we are working on Tom 
Strickland. Senator Bunning has written a letter to Mr. Strickland. He 
is entitled to a response, either orally or in writing. We hope to get 
that for him tomorrow. But we will work that out next week, we hope. We 
are going to be in session tomorrow. Hopefully I can have that 
information for Senator Bunning tomorrow.

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