Phil Gramm

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. My colleague needs to get some time for himself. And 10 minutes for you.

Mr. GRAMM. So their time for using the spectrum having expired, they are now proposing to sell it for $5 million. But, if I heard the Senator right, if we asserted the right of the taxpayer to have the spectrum back, since the user has not fulfilled its end of the contract, we could sell that spectrum for how much money?

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 2 additional minutes, if the Senator will so yield?

Mr. GRAMM. Now, having gotten the spectrum free and having gotten it for a specific purpose free, the date by which it had to be utilized is past, and now they are asking permission to sell it for $5 million, if I heard the Senator correctly.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, unless someone suggests otherwise or to the contrary, I believe that the debate on the pending amendment No. 2815 is completed. A rollcall vote has been asked for by Senator Biden. So I ask unanimous consent that the vote occur on amendment No. 2815 at 9 p.m. this evening, and that that amendment be temporarily laid aside.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I think we are going to decide to stack votes. So what I would like to do, unless someone else wants to speak on this amendment, is to suggest the absence of a quorum until we can decide if we are going to do that, in which case we would simply make this the first vote when we do the stacked votes.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendments be dispensed with.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I send to the desk a number of amendments that have been cleared on both sides, and I ask unanimous consent that they be considered en bloc.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the Domenici amendment.

Mr. GRAMM. Immediately following this, the Senator would do it tonight.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 9 p.m. this evening be postponed to occur at 10 a.m. Friday, and immediately following the granting of this consent that Senator Domenici be recognized to offer his amendment. I further ask unanimous consent that at 9 a.m. the Senate resume consideration of the McCain amendment No. 2816 with 60 minutes equally divided, that a vote occur following the Biden vote with 4 minutes equally divided between the two votes, and that following these votes, the Senate resume consideration of the Domenici amendment.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I send a list of the Domenici offsets to the desk, and I ask unanimous consent that they be printed in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read the third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 178, S. 1147.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements related to the bill be printed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 191, S. 1111.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. I ask unanimous consent, Mr. President, that the bill be deemed read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements related to the resolution appear at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 176, submitted earlier today by Senators Warner and Ford.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements related to the bill appear at the appropriate place in the Record as if read.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2399 just received from the House.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, the Senate will begin consideration of State, Justice, Commerce appropriations at 9 a.m., and two votes will occur at 10 a.m., with 4 minutes of debate between the two stacked votes. Immediately following the two votes, the Senate will resume consideration of the Domenici amendment. Senators should be on notice that tomorrow's session of the Senate is expected to be very late in order to complete action on the remaining appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year.

Mr. GRAMM

Mr. GRAMM. We are going to vote on it and debate it.

Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, I am going to be the concluding speaker on the amendment. I ask Senator Kennedy to go ahead and use his time. I reserve the remainder of my time.