[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13498-13499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I believe good progress is being made. I 
think there could be a proper utilization of the time. Given the 
structure of the understanding at the leadership level, which the 
Senator from Michigan and I are trying to maintain and will maintain, I 
would suggest that the Senate now go into a period of morning business 
with Senators to speak up to 15 minutes.
  Mr. LEAHY. Twenty minutes.
  Mr. WARNER. Let us say 15 minutes with the exception of the Senator 
from Vermont, who desires 20 minutes, and hopefully Senators who might 
wish to address issues relating to the bill can avail themselves of 
that opportunity. Would that be correct?

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  Mr. LEVIN. Reserving the right to object, I surely will not, it is 
our intent I believe at the end of this first period to have our 
structure put back in place--that we would immediately return to the 
bill and resolve it.
  Mr. WARNER. That is correct.
  Mr. President, at this point in time, is my unanimous consent request 
granted?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senator from 
Vermont for his usual courtesy.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I thank my friend from Virginia. For over a 
quarter of a century we have been accommodating each other. I refer to 
the distinguished senior Senator from Virginia as ``my Senator'' when I 
am away from home. I have had the privilege of living part time during 
the year in his beautiful State, and we have tried to accommodate each 
other. I think this is the easiest way out of it. Otherwise, we would 
be in a quorum call. I do thank him.

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