[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 18939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 
                           IMPLEMENTATION ACT

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3045, the House-passed 
CAFTA legislation. I further ask consent that the statutory debate time 
be reduced to 20 minutes, equally divided, and that following the use 
or yielding back of time, the Senate proceed to a vote on the measure 
without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, first of all, let me say that I appreciate 
everyone's patience and courtesy this afternoon as we worked through 
this matter that led to our agreeing to this agreement just a minute 
ago. It has been very difficult. It is a very contentious issue. 
Feelings are high on both sides. Everyone acted like ladies and 
gentlemen. We worked it out, and I think it speaks well of the Senate.
  I would ask the distinguished majority leader, having reserved the 
right to object on his latest request, it is my understanding that 
immediately upon this request being adopted, we will go to S. 792; is 
that right?
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, that is correct. I have two unanimous 
consent requests. One is on S. 792, and one is on the energy report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Minnesota.
  Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I ask the 
majority leader, will that vote on CAFTA be a rollcall vote?
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I will go through the whole schedule 
shortly, if I can get through the unanimous consent request. Very 
briefly, we will have a rollcall vote on CAFTA in about 30 minutes, 25 
minutes. Whenever we finish that, it would be the last rollcall vote 
tonight. We will begin voting again tomorrow.
  Mr. DAYTON. I thank the majority leader.
  Mr. FRIST. I have two further unanimous consent requests, and then we 
can review everything.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The majority leader.

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