Tom Harkin

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. I ask the amendment, No. 3539, as amended, be agreed to.

Mr. HARKIN. I am happy to yield to my friend from Maryland.

Mr. HARKIN. That is correct, Senator. Section 2361 provides an additional funding stream totaling $165 million from 2007 through 2012 to address the critical needs of the Chesapeake Bay. This funding is separate from EQIP and is not intended to offset funding allocated under that program.

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 458, S. 2271.

Mr. HARKIN. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating thereto be printed in the Record.

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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``S. 1782, The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007'' on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Witness list: Richard M. Alderman, Associate Dean, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas; Mark A. de Bernardo, Executive Director and President, Council for Employment Law Equity, Jackson Lewis LLP, Vienna, Virginia; F. Paul Bland, Jr., Staff Attorney, Public Justice, Washington, DC; Fonza Luke, Birmingham, Alabama; Richard Naimark, Senior Vice President, The American Arbitration Association, Washington, DC; Peter B. Rutledge, Associate Professor of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC; and Tanya Solov, Director, Securities Department, Illinois Secretary of State, Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 403, which was submitted earlier today.

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table.

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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 4343 which was received from the House.

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the Record.

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 525, S. 1245.

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 516, H.R. 3997.

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendments at the desk be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read the third time and passed; that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any statements relating thereto be printed in the Record, without intervening action or debate.

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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: What is before the Senate at this moment?

Mr. HARKIN

Mr. HARKIN. Again, reserving the right to object, I, first of all, thank my colleague for working out this agreement. This is great progress. We have great time agreements. I appreciate his work in that regard. I wish to make it clear, was it the intention of my friend to have them all in that order? Can they be in a different order when they come up or when people are here?

Mr. HARKIN. Further reserving the right to object, I ask my friend, he said earlier if, in fact, a Democrat comes with an amendment on this side--I don't have one right now--that they could at that time work it in. We have at least one I know we might want to call up later today.

Mr. HARKIN. With that, I have no objections.

Mr. HARKIN. That is right.

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

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

Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote in relation to amendment No. 3711 occur at 3:50 p.m., with the time divided 45 minutes for Senators Lugar and Lautenberg and 15 minutes in opposition, with the remaining provisions of the previous order remaining in effect.

Mr. HARKIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?

Mr. HARKIN. Is the Senator talking about his amendment on crop insurance, the one the Senator laid down the other day?

Mr. HARKIN. I ask the Senator if he would yield, without losing his right to the floor, for Senator Chambliss to make a unanimous consent request, at the end of which time the Senator would regain the floor.