Robert Dole

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. It is coming out.

Mr. DOLE. Yes.

Mr. DOLE. We hope that if we proceed on this basis, it will be a very quick disposal of that provision in this particular bill.

Mr. DOLE. Twenty minutes equally divided on each amendment.

Mr. DOLE. On the first amendment to strike the Department of Commerce elimination, I will just ask that there be a motion to strike and a voice vote, without debate. That will not take any time. I do not think the second will take long. I have talked to the Senators from New York and Delaware.

Mr. DOLE. Then it goes back to the House, and there will probably be some negotiations. Some would say there would be progress. I hope the Senator from Maine can support progress.

Mr. DOLE. On a side?

Mr. DOLE. On the Moynihan amendment?

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now turn to H.R. 2586, the debt limit; that there be two amendments in order, the [[Page S 16893]] first to strike the Department of Commerce elimination, to be offered by the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Abraham], and the second, a clean debt limit to be offered by Senator Moynihan, or his designee, and that following the disposition of those amendments, the bill be advanced to third reading and final passage, to occur all without any further action or debate.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. DOLE. He still does, but not tonight.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, has H.R. 2586 arrived?

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

Mr. DOLE. I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. DOLE. I would ask that we have 1 minute before the next vote so the chairman of the committee, the Senator from Oregon, may offer a technical amendment which has been agreed to.

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I think most of our colleagues are here and have been notified, if we might have consent that this be a 10-minute vote, and then, following that, there will be a rollcall vote on final passage of 10 minutes.

Mr. DOLE. I move to table, and I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. [[Page S 16886]]

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, what is the pending business? Amendment No. 3050

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate then insist on its amendment, agree to the House request for a conference, and prior to the Chair being authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, that there be four motions to instruct the conferees, which under the statute are limited to 1 hour each, and that the time to be divided: 40 minutes for the offeror of the motion; 20 minutes for Senator Domenici or his designee. Those motions are as follows: A motion to instruct regarding Social Security; a motion to instruct regarding health care; a motion to instruct regarding Medicare tax cuts; a motion to instruct regarding nursing standards.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 13, the Chair lay before the Senate a message from the House on H.R. 2491, the reconciliation bill.

Mr. DOLE

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now turn to the consideration of the continuing resolution, House Joint Resolution 115, just received from the House.

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

Mr. DOLE

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