J. Exon

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, this amendment will allow the transfer of up to $1 billion from the wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in strengthening enforcement of the immigration laws without the 60-vote point of order that would otherwise apply to such transfer. Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Lautenberg and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 1176 (Purpose: To restore funding for our national parks by using amounts set aside for a tax cut)

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. It may be a good idea to phrase it as a unanimous-consent, that there will be no more than the four amendments that have just been identified, and there would be no second-degree amendments.

Mr. EXON. No amendments beyond these.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I am sorry to tell the Senate that we were down to three votes and now we are back up to four. As near as we can tell, we have four remaining votes. We have agreed to yield back a portion of the time that we previously agreed to for closing arguments after the votes are over and before final passage. I suggest, and I think my colleague, the chairman of the committee and I have agreed that we will package the four remaining votes. If I understand it, there is one by Senator Snowe, two by Senator Wellstone, and one for Senator Bradley. And we can do these in an expeditious matter and put the four together. If that is agreeable to the chairman of the committee it is agreeable on this side.

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

Mr. EXON. Anyone may reserve the right to offer a motion to table. Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.

Mr. EXON. And that will be the fourth of the series of votes that we have just scheduled.

Mr. EXON. The Senator just did it.

Mr. EXON. I believe what the majority leader just said has been agreed to by Senator Harkin, but I do want to check with him. As I understand it, you on that side will offer a tabling motion.

Mr. EXON. Reserving the right to object to make sure we understand that----

Mr. EXON. No, the Senator does not.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order that all three amendments be ordered to be for a rollcall vote.

Mr. EXON. I call up the motion and the two amendments for a vote.

Mr. EXON. I ask unanimously that the motion and the two amendments have rollcall votes. I ask that that be in order.

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

Mr. EXON. I will pay it myself. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, this amendment would simply reduce the defense budget by $100. Let me repeat that. This amendment would simply reduce the defense budget by $100 in fiscal year 1996. The savings is applied to the deficit reduction. Mr. President, I reserve the balance of my 30 seconds.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. EXON

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

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, this amendment is the next one on our list. It is a sense-of-the-Senate amendment by Senator Baucus on Amtrak.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.