[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22449-22450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     EXTENSION OF MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I ask unanimous 
consent that morning business be extended until 11:30 and that the time 
be divided equally between the Democrats and Republicans.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, what is the parliamentary position?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Morning business is to last until 
11:15 with no division of time.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I see that the Senator from Texas wishes 
to speak.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Kentucky has the 
floor.
  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, there is no objection to the request.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, is there a unanimous consent request 
pending?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes, there is.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, could it be repeated?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have morning business now until 11:15. 
The leader used his leader time, and I asked unanimous consent that 
morning business be extended until 11:30 with the time to be equally 
divided between Republicans and Democrats.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I would like to amend that. I don't know 
who else will come to speak. I would like to amend that to say I will 
be recognized to follow the Senator from Kentucky, if no one else is 
here.
  Mr. BAUCUS. I object.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, what we have tried to do--as I explained to 
Senator Bunning this morning--is, until there is some reason not to do 
so, we would alternate back and forth. I would also think it would be 
appropriate that Senators speaking during morning business be limited 
to 10 minutes each. I do not know how long the Senator from Kentucky 
wishes to speak.
  Mr. BUNNING. I have a little more than 10 minutes.
  Mr. REID. I am sure the Senator could get that.
  So anyway, Mr. President, my request is that we extend morning 
business until 11:30, and the time be equally divided between Democrats 
and Republicans.
  Mr. GRAMM. Reserving the right to object, if the chairman would like 
to speak after the Senator from Kentucky, that would be fine. Having 
come over and having listened to the majority leader's speech, I would 
like to be sure that somewhere within that time I get an opportunity to 
speak.
  Mr. REID. I say to my friend from Texas, I know Senator Bunning has 
been here all morning. He was here when I arrived this morning before 
10:30. When he completes his comments, I do not know if the chairman 
wishes to speak.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, perhaps I can help matters out. I see 
three speakers who wish to speak.

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  Mr. REID. I think maybe what we should do is extend the morning 
business time until 11:45, with Senator Bunning having 15 minutes, 
Senator Baucus having 15 minutes, and Senator Gramm having 15 minutes.
  Mr. BAUCUS. That is fine.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Nelson of Florida). Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky.

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