[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16868-16869]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, it is my understanding the Senator from 
North Carolina is going to make a unanimous consent request; is that 
correct?
  Mr. BURR. Madam President, the Senator is correct. I believe the 
Senator from Nebraska, as well. I ask unanimous consent to be 
recognized after the Senator from Nebraska, it is my understanding, for 
up to 10 minutes as in morning business.
  Mr. DURBIN. The time suggested for the Senator from Nebraska is how 
much?
  Mr. JOHANNS. Madam President, I anticipate 10 minutes, and I ask 
unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes.
  Mr. DURBIN. My only hesitation is the fact that we are having a 
Senator sworn in at 12:15 p.m., and there is going to be a speech given 
before that by his colleague. We also wanted to have opening statements 
on the bill. If I may ask the Senators--I will not object--but if I may 
ask them to be closer to the 5-minute mark, I think we can achieve all 
that in a timely fashion. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from 
Nebraska be recognized for 5 minutes----
  Mr. JOHANNS. Five minutes.
  Mr. DURBIN. In morning business and that the Senator from North 
Carolina be given up to 10 minutes. I know he said he would not use up 
to 10 minutes, and we will be protected with whatever time is used by 
these two Republican Senators being allocated to the Democratic side 
for morning business, which we will not likely use. I make that 
unanimous consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nebraska.

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