[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23291-23292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3180

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed

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to the consideration of a bill at the desk to amend the Social Security 
Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 
through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program; that 
this bill be read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be 
laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate; and that any 
statements related thereto be printed in the Record.
  This legislation is so important. What it does is it amends the 
Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal 
years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program, so-called SCHIP.
  This is a program that virtually every Governor of the 50 States 
badly needs. This is one of the reasons the States, with rare 
exception, are spending in the red.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, on behalf of the 
leadership at this time, I have to object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  The Senator from New Hampshire is recognized.

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