[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 1585

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
resume consideration of H.R. 1585, and immediately after the bill is 
reported the debate time be 2 minutes equally divided and controlled 
between the leaders or their designees with respect to the following 
pending amendments: Biden amendment No. 2997 and Kyl-Lieberman 
amendment No. 3017; that each amendment be modified with the changes at 
the desk, and that no amendments be in order to either amendment prior 
to the vote; that upon the use or yielding back of time, without 
further intervening action or debate, the Senate proceed to vote in 
relation to the Biden amendment, as modified; that upon the disposition 
of that amendment, there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and 
controlled prior to a vote in relation to the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, 
as modified; that each amendment be subject to a 60-vote threshold, and 
that if the amendment does not achieve that threshold, it be withdrawn; 
and that the second vote in this sequence be limited to 10 minutes; 
further that upon disposition of these amendments, the next amendment 
in order be Coburn amendment No. 2196.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I want to make 
an observation and thank all the people who were involved in this 
effort. For our colleagues who might be listening, the reason there is 
an agreement and there will be no objection is because people on both 
sides of the aisle were willing to make some concessions to the others 
with regard to the wording of these two resolutions. I would hope they 
would be both strongly supported.
  I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I also would give notice that it is our 
intention, since we are alternating back and forth, that the next 
amendment we will attempt to call up will be the Webb amendment No. 
2999, but that is not part of the UC agreement.

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