[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25850]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

  Mr. LEVIN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from Hawaii 
proceed in morning business for 5 minutes and then we would turn to the 
committee bill pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. Reserving the right to object, and I will not object, I 
wish to inform Senators that when we return to the bill, I know the 
distinguished colleague from Michigan and I are going to debate the two 
amendments that are pending relating to Iraq, one submitted by this 
side of the aisle and one by that side of the aisle, and then such 
discussions as the Senator from South Carolina and the Senator from 
Michigan may have on the habeas corpus issue, will that be dealt with 
at all tonight?
  Mr. LEVIN. I think that is going to be up to the Senator from South 
Carolina as to what progress he is making on it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.
  Mr. WARNER. We will continue to have a debate tonight on those 
amendments that are going to be voted on in the morning and such other 
matters as any Senator wishes to bring up relative to the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
  Mr. LEVIN. We should again put our colleagues on notice that there is 
very limited time tomorrow morning under the unanimous consent 
agreement. There was an effort made to extend that time. The effort did 
not succeed. So there will literally be 30 minutes tomorrow morning 
equally divided between both Iraq amendments and the habeas corpus 
matter, which is a very small window of time tomorrow morning. We would 
urge, I think my good friend from Virginia would agree, that the 
Senators who wish to speak on either of those matters should make a 
real effort to get here tonight.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would only say let us not leave the 
impression that this side of the aisle is rushing to judgment. This 
framework of votes and amendments were carefully worked out on Thursday 
evening. The Senate has been in session since 2 today. There has been 
quite a bit of activity and opportunity for Senators to speak. I 
repeat, we are going to continue on shortly after our two colleagues 
finish.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
Senator from Hawaii will be recognized for 5 minutes as in morning 
business.
  The Senator from Hawaii.

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