[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  I ask unanimous consent that the majority time prior to the cloture 
vote with respect to the Gregg amendment be equally divided between 
Senators Conrad and Kennedy, and I also indicate that following the 
cloture vote, if cloture is not invoked on the Gregg amendment, there 
will be an immediate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 2, 
the minimum wage bill. Members have until 10:30 this morning to file 
second-degree amendments.
  Progress was made yesterday. The Sessions amendments were disposed 
of--voted upon, modified, or withdrawn. That was good progress. There 
are seven amendments pending presently. As I recall, there are three by 
Senator Ensign, most dealing with Social Security; Senator Bunning has 
one dealing with Social Security; Senator Kyl has one dealing with 
depreciation; Senator Sununu has one dealing with women's business 
centers. I think those are the only amendments now pending. So we ask 
that Senators continue to work through this bill. We are going to agree 
to set aside the pending amendments so Senators can offer other 
amendments so we can move through this bill as quickly as possible.
  I hope Senators realize there must come an end to this process. We 
will see what happens after the two cloture votes as to what we will do 
for the rest of the week.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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