[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--S. RES. 123, S. RES. 260, AND H.R. 2316

  Mr. DeMINT. With that, I will now propound a unanimous-consent 
request that would enact the earmark transparency rules and request 
that we go to conference with the House on the total ethics bill.
  I ask unanimous consent that the Rules Committee be discharged from 
further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 123 and S. 
Res. 260, the earmark disclosure resolutions, all en bloc; that the 
resolutions be agreed to and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  I further ask that the Senate then proceed to the immediate 
consideration of H.R. 2316, the House-passed ethics and lobbying reform 
bill; that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 
1, as passed by the Senate, be inserted in lieu thereof; that the bill 
be read the third time, passed, and the Senate insist on its amendment, 
request a conference with the House, and the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees at a ratio of 4 to 3.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, on behalf of the leadership, I do object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, obviously, I am very disappointed that we 
continue to obstruct ethics reform and earmark reform.
  With that, I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts is 
recognized.

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