J. Exon

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. At the present time we have three Democratic amendments in this order: Following D'Amato would be Feinstein, then Conrad, and then Graham. There may be some others. I would simply say to my colleagues on this side, at the present time we have seven Republican amendments and three Democratic amendments. This afternoon would be an excellent time to offer your amendment. If you would come to us, any Democrat, we could schedule you right after the Graham amendment.

Mr. EXON. May I clarify one point. As I understand it, the Breaux amendment will be the first amendment that will be voted upon; is that right? That will be a 15-minute vote? Have we ordered 10 minute votes thereafter? Is that the order?

Mr. EXON. Thank you. Mr. BREAUX addressed the Chair.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. I have no instructions on this side. We will agree to the 15 minutes.

Mr. EXON. I talked to Senator Feinstein about this. She wants to reserve the full 1 hour. Hopefully, we can cut that down, but she has others who want to speak. So at least we have agreed to have a half- hour equally divided on D'Amato. We would have to insist on 2 hours equally divided. Maybe that can be cut down on the Feinstein-Boxer amendment.

Mr. EXON. No objection here.

Mr. EXON. We have no instructions on that at the present time. I told him he would be later. I cannot agree to that at this time. We will check with Senator Conrad in a few moments and let you know.

Mr. EXON. I think we can agree to a shortened time on Gramm, but I will check on that.

Mr. EXON. Right.

Mr. EXON. We do not have anything after Graham-Bumpers at this juncture. It does not mean we may not have more, but we cannot make agreement on something we do not have on the list.

Mr. EXON. Have you placed Shelby above Pressler in your list?

Mr. EXON. OK. Is it proper to say Pressler, then Shelby?

Mr. EXON. I will get back with you on Senators Graham and Conrad.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, this has been cleared with the chairman of the committee. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

Mr. EXON. We yield back our time.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I yield the floor.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, if I understood the unanimous consent request, any amendment that would be offered would be debated either tonight, sometime on Saturday----

Mr. EXON. Or Monday.

Mr. EXON. There would be no amendments debated--if you want to offer an amendment on this bill, you are going to have to do it by Monday, is that correct?

Mr. EXON. But there would be 2 minutes of debate equally divided, on every amendment that was offered, on Tuesday before the vote?

Mr. EXON. I thank my friend.

Mr. EXON

Mr. EXON. Yes, I did. I am not sure how serious it was, but I heard the strenuous objection to the 800 pages in the amendment that is now before us. I suggested maybe if the Republicans would accept it, we would cut it down to 700 pages. The Senator did not immediately agree to that. Will the Senator take it under consideration?

Mr. EXON. That shows bipartisanship and cooperation is working.

Mr. EXON. Mr. President, the Senator from Connecticut is patiently waiting. About how much time does the Senator need?