[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7145]
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                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
Senate will be in a period of morning business for debate only until 2 
p.m., with the first hour equally divided and controlled between the 
two leaders or their designees, with Republicans controlling the first 
30 minutes and the majority controlling the second 30 minutes, with 
Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  The Republican whip.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed 
to engage in a colloquy with the Republican leader, the Senator from 
Missouri, the Senator from Georgia, if he wishes to join, and the 
Senator from South Dakota during the 30 minutes allocated to our side.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I came to the 
floor--and I am happy to do that--but I was told there would be a 
unanimous consent request. If that is not the case, Senators can go 
ahead and do their colloquy, and when they want to do that I will come 
back.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, for the information of the majority 
leader, and anyone else who is interested, there will be some unanimous 
consent requests. We will frontload those so the majority leader 
doesn't have to stay on the floor more than maybe about 10 minutes, if 
that suits his schedule.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Republican leader.

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