[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10150]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we be in a 
period of morning business, that Senators be permitted to speak for up 
to 10 minutes each, and that the clerk keep a close count on the time 
consumed and that this period be for debate only. We are asking 
colleagues--we do not have a unanimous consent agreement--but we are 
asking colleagues to confine their remarks to the budget because we 
have up to 10 hours and, in the interest of getting the work of the 
Senate done before the break, it will be most effective and most 
efficient if we can focus our time on that.
  I ask unanimous consent that after I am done, Senator Gregg be 
recognized, that I be allowed such time as consumed and the Senator 
then be given that same opportunity.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. McCaskill). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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