Pete Domenici

Mr. DOMENICI

Mr. DOMENICI. We are adding 3 minutes to the Senator's time, so we should get 3 minutes. The Senator's doesn't count because she has it anyway.

Mr. DOMENICI. Madam President, I say to the Senator, could we try, in that arrangement, to give me 5 minutes, even if we go over a minute or 2 beyond 12:10?

Mr. DOMENICI. The other amendment, have we seen it or know anything about it?

Mr. DOMENICI. Madam President, I need no additional time. I move to table the Schumer amendment and ask for the yeas and nays.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I yield my minute to Senator Craig.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I move to table the Feinstein amendment and ask for the yeas and nays.

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

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, obviously there is no time agreement, but I understand Senator Byrd is ready to go, to proceed with his amendment. I understand that is going to be accepted. We will have somebody take my place here to manage our side. I yield the floor.

Mr. DOMENICI. Just a moment.

Mr. DOMENICI. Senator Bingaman is trying his best to get something called up we have agreed on. He is not in a position to agree. I am trying to put it together, and he is agreeing I should do that. Would the Senator from Tennessee and you have an amendment with reference to windmills?

Mr. DOMENICI. I don't want to do that. I would rather wait a while.

Mr. DOMENICI. There are 100 amendments. You want to go in the middle of the 100? Do you want to go first?

Mr. DOMENICI. I will take one at a time, sit down and organize at the table with you.

Mr. DOMENICI. We are willing to try hard. Our leaders told us to stay here tonight and try to agree to some amendments. We will put you right there.

Mr. DOMENICI. Let Senator Bingaman----

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

Mr. DOMENICI. A vote on or in relation to the amendment. He wants to table it.

Mr. DOMENICI. That is part of the consent request.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Change of Vote

Mr. DOMENICI. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. DOMENICI. On behalf of the leader, I wish to read a unanimous consent request regarding the lineup that we will follow henceforth.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of the following amendments: Senator Alexander's amendment, which is at the desk and relates to wind, 30 minutes equally divided in the usual form; second, Senator Kerry's amendment, sense of the Senate on climate change, 30 minutes equally divided in the usual form. I further ask unanimous consent that there be no second-degree amendments in order to the Alexander or Kerry amendments prior to the votes in relation to those amendments and that votes in relation to those amendments occur in a stacked fashion following the debate on both amendments. Finally, I ask unanimous consent that following those votes, Senator Warner be recognized in order to offer an amendment relating to OCS, with his part of the agreement subject to the approval of both leaders; further, there be 15 minutes for Senator Lautenberg and 15 minutes for Senator Domenici or his designee during the aforementioned debate.

Mr. DOMENICI. There is another Senator who wants to be recognized.

Mr. DOMENICI. I thank the Chair and Senator Warner and all others who participated.

Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I yield myself 5 minutes.