[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the time for 
the cloture vote, now set for 10:30 a.m., be extended until 11 o'clock 
this morning.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the knowledge of all Members, we are 
very close to being able to work out an agreement on the finalizing of 
the Interior appropriations bill. There are some language problems the 
staff is working on now. But we should have a series of amendments--it 
could be as many as seven, eight amendments--and we will try to do 
those in a block of time. We have 23 members who are trying to work out 
something in the Finance Committee as it relates to health care, so we 
would like to have those votes in a block of time sometime this 
afternoon. But we should be able to have a consent agreement that will 
be approved by Senator McConnell and me in the near future.
  Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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