Robert Dole

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. I think all anybody has to do--parliamentary inquiry. Is there an amendment pending?

Mr. DOLE. Correct.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Oh, yes.

Mr. DOLE. Pardon?

Mr. DOLE. And I move to table the Gorton amendment and ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I would ask unanimous consent that the vote on the next four amendments be limited to 10 minutes each.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, we have tried by consent to have them agreed to. We have tried by consent to have one vote count as five. And, failing that, have the yeas and nays been ordered on the pending amendment?

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I submitted to the distinguished Democratic leader a unanimous-consent request and have not yet had an opportunity to talk with the Democratic leader. So, because I am not certain this will be the last vote, I suggest the absence of a quorum while we have that conversation.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, if we can have order, I wanted to make a brief statement here before the next vote.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, may we have order?

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Labor and Human Resources be authorized to meet for a hearing on oversight of Jobs Corps, during the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 19, 1995, at 10 a.m.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, earlier today there was a statement made on the Senate floor. I will not repeat the statement, which I think violated rule XIX. So I would pose the following question, Mr. President: If I had called the Senator from South Carolina to order for his remarks regarding the Senator from Idaho, was rule XIX violated?

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I wanted to make one correction. We have had great difficulty with the Easter recess. I will take the blame for most of it. But a letter went out today saying thanks for the extra week. What extra week? It is not an extra week. We are not getting 3 weeks off. We are getting a week before Easter and a week after. By the time the letter went out it had almost the entire month of April. It is not going to happen. We will be out April 7 to April 24. That is 17 days. We are going to be way behind the House. The House has 3 weeks. We will be about 2 months behind the House by then at the rate we are going. So I hope we do not have to put out anymore. If we want a fine letter on the Easter recess, we have already put out the hotline.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a second-degree amendment to the desk.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 2:05 p.m.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, when will that motion ripen?

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I apologize to the Senator from Arkansas for taking so long. I say to my colleagues that at 11 o'clock tomorrow we will be back on S. 1. There will be 30 minutes equally divided between the Senator from Michigan and Senator Kempthorne and Senator Byrd. At the hour of 11:30 the Senate will proceed to vote on the Levin amendment regarding feasibility, and immediately thereafter we will proceed to a cloture vote on S. 1; and, we will waive the mandatory quorum under rule XXII B. Mr. President, I yield the floor. I thank my colleague from Arkansas. Mr. BUMPERS addressed the Chair.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. DOLE. I suggest the absence of a quorum.