J. Exon

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, could we have a ruling of the Chair?

Mr. EXON. I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from South Dakota.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I think we may be down to the last vote. Our bipartisan staffs have visited with the office of the Parliamentarian. That office has confirmed----

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, our bipartisan staffs have visited with the office of the Parliamentarian. That office has confirmed that each and every provision in our point of order is indeed a violation of the Byrd rule. So I renew my point of order under the Byrd rule.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, in the time that I have remaining, I wish to allocate 2 additional minutes whenever he wishes to use it to the Senator from West Virginia, and I yield 12 minutes to the Senator from Florida for use whenever he thinks appropriate.

Mr. EXON. How much time do we have remaining?

Mr. EXON. It has been cleared on both sides.

Mr. EXON. The Senator from West Virginia is not interested in additional time. I wish to yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Arkansas.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I tell all that we are moving along at a reasonably rapid pace. The next amendment is the last amendment that I have for Senator Bradley of New Jersey. I yield my 30 seconds to him. Amendment No. 3032 (Purpose: To provide additional funds to the medicaid program by using the revenues resulting from the disallowance of deductions for advertising and promotional expenses for tobacco products)

Mr. EXON. How much time do I have remaining?

Mr. EXON. I yield 2 minutes 50 seconds to the Senator from Florida.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act, I move to waive the applicable section of that act for the consideration of the pending amendment. I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to waive.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield 30 seconds to my colleague from West Virginia.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I had hoped that I would hear from the chairman on the suggestion that I made. I have heard nothing from him on that. He went into the debate. I have not yielded the 30 seconds yet that I have, which I will do.

Mr. EXON. After consultation with the two leaders, Senator Domenici and myself, and others, we would simply say that we have two amendments left on what we have referred to as tier two. That is the Simon-Conrad deficit-reduction amendment, and then the final one, the Roth Finance Committee amendment. We are now on Simon-Conrad. We will move ahead in the usual fashion. It is our suggestion then that there be an agreement that the Roth amendment will be put indefinitely aside for later consideration to give all a chance to look at some of the details of that, and allow us to move then to the so-called tier three category, and begin votes, and bring up the Roth Finance Committee amendment at the call of the chairman. Mr. GRAHAM addressed the Chair.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield 30 seconds of our time to the Senator from Minnesota.

Mr. EXON. After consultation with the two leaders, and the managers of the bill, it is our feeling----

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

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. We yield back our time and accept the amendment.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, subject to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the section for the purpose of considering this amendment. I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to waive.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, let me thank Senator Kohl, who has worked on this for a long, long time. It is a very good amendment. He has worked with the majority leader on this. We are enthusiastic about this on our side.

Mr. EXON. I yield back our time and support the amendment.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I recognize the Senator from Connecticut for the purpose of offering an amendment.

Mr. EXON. I move to reconsider the vote.