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


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                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. DASCHLE. For the information of our colleagues, there will be 
three votes shortly on three nominees that we will take from the 
Executive Calendar. We are in the process of drafting


a unanimous consent request to accommodate debate and the vote on those 
three nominees.
  I urge colleagues to stay in proximity of the building and the floor 
because these votes will happen shortly. The distinguished chair of the 
Judiciary Committee has reported them out, and I thank him and applaud 
him for his expedited work on these nominations. There will be a short 
debate and then there will be votes. They will not be stacked, but as I 
understand it, there is a request for time on each of the nominees.
  We will have those votes and, hopefully, at that point, we will be 
able to announce further legislative business.
  Mr. LEAHY. If the distinguished leader will yield, it is my 
understanding--and I have not had a chance to speak with the 
distinguished ranking member, but I hope there will be a very short 
time on these nominees on statements, in such a way that the leader 
will be able to propound, if he wishes, a request that the last two of 
the three votes be 10-minute votes.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, if we can accommodate all Senators with 
that understanding, we will make that part of the request. If Senators 
wish to be heard on these nominations, I hope they will let us know. 
Shortly, we will propound that unanimous consent request.
  Mr. LOTT. If the majority leader will yield, he is not propounding a 
unanimous consent at this point?
  Mr. DASCHLE. Shortly. Not at this point.
  Mr. LOTT. The majority leader is to designate a short period of time 
for each one of these nominations; is that right?
  Mr. DASCHLE. It was my understanding that there were requests for 
time on each nominee. If there is not, then it is my desire to have a 
period during which Senators could speak to the nominees and we would 
have three stacked votes.
  Mr. LOTT. I thank the Senator for yielding.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk 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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