J. Exon

Mr. EXON

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

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield back the remainder of my time. We approve of the amendment.

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

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

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. The next amendment I have is an ESOP amendment that will be offered by the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Simon]. I yield him the 30 seconds of our time for however he wishes to use it.

Mr. EXON

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 to the Senator from Arkansas.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive the applicable section of that act pursuant to the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays on the motion to waive the act.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I agree with my colleague and yield back our time. I hope we can have a voice vote.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, the next pending amendment is a Kennedy amendment, is that correct?

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

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

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

Mr. EXON. I yield 30 seconds of our time to the Senator from Kansas.

Mr. EXON. I object.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Yes.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, since the Mikulski matter has been set aside temporarily, the next amendment is an amendment regarding dairy, offered by the Senator from Wisconsin, Senator Feingold. I yield 30 seconds on our side to him for that stated purpose. Amendment No. 2999 (Purpose: To strike the provision relating to the milk manufacturing marketing adjustment which provides special treatment to California cheese processors at a budget cost of $20 million)

Mr. EXON. Yes. I am ready.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, earlier we had suggested that three Medicare amendments by Senator Feingold, Senator Moseley-Braun, and Senator Rockefeller be combined into one. We agreed that each Senator would have 30 seconds to explain their joint amendment. At this time, I ask the Chair to recognize Senator Feingold, then Senator Moseley-Braun, and then Senator Rockefeller. I congratulate them for expediting the process.

Mr. EXON. Senator Feingold.

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

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the motion was agreed to.

Mr. EXON. I was explaining that rather than four, we set aside the Dodd matter, which will be considered separately. The Feingold, Moseley-Braun, and Rockefeller amendments are embodied under the agreement that we have worked out. Pending final working out of some details, I suggest, since Senator Dodd, whom I earlier thought was included in this, is not and since he is next on my list, at this time I yield 30 seconds to Senator Dodd for an explanation and the introduction of his motion that both sides have received some time ago. Dodd Motion to Commit

Mr. EXON. We do have the Mikulski amendment. I recognize Senator Mikulski from Maryland for the purpose of--before I recognize her, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order that the Senator from Maryland be permitted to offer a motion to instruct conferees on the clinical lab standards at this time.