[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3746-3747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would like to clarify that under the 
unanimous consent agreement Members are limited to 10 minutes under 
morning business, I believe. I ask unanimous consent that I be 
permitted to speak until I have completed my response to Senator 
Bennett. I am sure it will be somewhat over 10 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I also thank the chairman for the tone and 
the demeanor that he has exhibited throughout the day as we have 
disposed of the two fairly contentious

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amendments. Certainly, given our colleagues' significant opportunity to 
express their views on the budget, the economy and the state of the 
economy, I look forward to working with him again tomorrow. Hopefully 
we can dispose of many more amendments tomorrow and do our level best 
to avoid the vote-arama that has typically plagued us in budget 
resolutions and dispose of this debate in a way that gives the Senate 
the dignity it deserves.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota is recognized.

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