[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to executive session to consider the nominations reported 
out earlier today by the Judiciary Committee: William Riley to be a 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Sarah Hart to be the Director of 
the National Institute of Justice, and Robert Mueller to be the 
Director of the FBI.
  I ask unanimous consent that I can request the yeas and nays on each 
with one show of seconds, and that prior to the votes on these 
nominees, there be 10 minutes of debate equally divided between the 
chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee; that the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table; that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's actions, and that the Senate 
return to legislative session; and that the second and third votes in 
the series be 10 minutes in length.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the votes on these nominations, the Senate then resume consideration of 
the Agriculture supplemental bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I ask that 
the unanimous consent request be amended to provide for a vote on Lugar 
amendment No. 1212, with 60 minutes of debate prior to the vote on the 
cloture motion.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I object to that temporarily. I need to 
consult with my colleagues and certainly the chair and the manager of 
the bill, but perhaps that is something we might be able to do. We will 
certainly work with the Republican leader to provide him with some 
information in that regard at a later date.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, further reserving my right to object, I 
appreciate the spirit in which Senator Daschle made his comments. We 
are going to try and find a way to get the Agriculture supplemental 
appropriations bill done, and done in a reasonable period of time, 
certainly before too late tomorrow.
  I want to add to that, I appreciated what he had to say earlier 
tonight about his willingness to try and find a way to get completion 
on this bill, even tonight, so we would be able to go ahead and go to 
our constituents and our families tomorrow. I doubt it is going to be 
possible to do that, but we are still looking for a way. I appreciate 
his attitude, but at this point I understand his hesitancy, and I feel 
constrained to object to going straight to the cloture vote. The 
PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is noted.
  Mr. DASCHLE. With that objection, it is likely the final vote on the 
nominations tonight will be the last vote, and we will then have the 
cloture vote tomorrow morning at 9:30.
  I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.

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