[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 959-960]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--S. 1731

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all first-
degree amendments on the finite list of amendments to S. 1731 must be 
proposed by 3 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, with the exception of 
managers' amendments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
resume consideration of the farm bill immediately following the prayer 
and the pledge at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow; that there be 40 minutes for 
debate on Senator Grassley's second-degree amendment, No. 2837, to 
Senator Craig's amendment, No. 2835; that following the use or yielding 
back of that time, there then be 15 minutes equally divided in the 
usual form in relation to each of the following amendments: the

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amendment of Senator Crapo, amendment No. 2533, and the amendment of 
Senator Baucus, amendment No. 2839; that the amendments be debated in 
the above order; that at the conclusion or yielding back of time the 
Senate vote in relation to the Grassley second-degree amendment; that 
upon the conclusion of that vote, Senator Reid be recognized to move to 
table the amendment of Senator Crapo; that at the conclusion of that 
vote, the Senate vote in relation to the Baucus amendment with no other 
amendments in order prior to those ordered votes; and that if any 
amendment in this agreement is not disposed of at the conclusion of 
these votes, it shall remain debatable and amendable.
  Mr. LUGAR. Reserving the right to object, and I will not object, I 
commend the distinguished floor leader for working with both sides of 
the aisle to provide a good structure for our debate tomorrow and for a 
conclusion of the farm bill debate. I simply wanted to indicate that on 
our side of the aisle, we have worked closely with the leader and that 
we have an excellent format. Therefore, I will not object and commend 
what is occurring and will support it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, two things: One, on the unanimous consent 
agreement I first offered, I want to make sure the time is 3 p.m. not 2 
p.m. I think I said 3 p.m.
  I say to my friend, the manager of the bill, I have spoken to Senator 
Crapo and have indicated to him that on my second-degree amendment that 
is pending, I am going to modify that in the morning. So this amendment 
should have no bearing on that.
  Mr. LUGAR. That is my understanding.
  Once again, reserving the right to object, and I will not object, 
Senator Santorum's amendment has been withdrawn from this list. He is 
modifying the amendment. It may be that amendment can be accepted in 
due course. If not, it will come in the normal rotation for debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I will simply say, Senator Harkin and 
Senator Lugar have worked very hard on this farm bill--not for days or 
weeks but for months. I think we are now seeing the light at the end of 
the tunnel. Senator Daschle has asked me to indicate he would very much 
like to finish this bill tomorrow. It is a very heavy task because 
during the middle of the day we have the time for the two party 
conferences, but it can be done, and we are going to do everything we 
can to work with both sides to see if we can get that done.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the 
quorum call be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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