[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13922]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     EXTENSION OF MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, for the information of all of our 
colleagues, we have been negotiating with the minority leader. I say 
``we.'' Senator Lott, I, others, and Senator Kennedy have been 
negotiating, trying to come up with some type of time agreement on the 
so-called Patients' Bill of Rights.
  As I stated yesterday, it doesn't belong on the agriculture bill. We 
are working, and I think we are making good progress. Hopefully, we 
will have an agreement in the not too distant future as far as the 
timing to take up the bill.
  With that in mind, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate continue 
in morning business until the hour of 1 o'clock with the time to be 
equally divided.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative assistant proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.




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