[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
be in a period for morning business, with Senators permitted to speak 
for up to 10 minutes each.
  In addition, I ask unanimous consent that the next 2 hours be under 
the control of Senators Roberts and Cleland. I will be anxious to hear 
that presentation.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to the leader, we are at a point now 
where people have spent literally months on the bill. It is good we are 
here. Senator Landrieu still has concerns. She wants to make sure 
everyone understands she may want to speak at least 2 hours and do some 
things with the legislation generally because of her unhappiness.
  Mr. GORTON. Reserving the right to object, I ask the leader, does 
this mean we will start the actual debate on the Interior bill later 
today or will it be tomorrow?
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, there is no time agreement, so we will not 
be running off agreed-to time. If Senators want to speak on the bill 
itself, he or she can. Since we do have 2 hours set aside now for 
Senator Roberts and Senator Cleland, which will take us to 8 o'clock, I 
presume the decision will be that we will begin on the Interior bill 
first thing in the morning.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I also say to the leader, we will all want 
to be getting our slippers on and pajamas ready for the big debate 
tonight.
  Mr. LOTT. That is what I had in mind.
  Mr. REID. By 8 o'clock.
  Mr. LOTT. Did we get a clearance? Are the reservations withdrawn?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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