Carl Levin

Mr. LEVIN

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

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 President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

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

Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I would now ask unanimous consent that Senator Udall of Colorado be recognized for 5 minutes to speak as though in morning business.

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 Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Thune be allotted 7 minutes to speak on an amendment.

Mr. LEVIN. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

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 Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. LEVIN. I am distracted. What is the unanimous consent request?

Mr. LEVIN. I understand. Was it an additional 5 minutes?

Mr. LEVIN. I have no objection.

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. LEVIN. I withdraw that request.

Mr. LEVIN. The pending business is still the Ayotte amendment. I am just wondering if the Senator from Utah might indicate what it is that he will speak on.

Mr. LEVIN. I wonder if we could get to the Feinstein amendment. I am sure Senator Feinstein will be happy to yield time to the Senator from Utah.

Mr. LEVIN. We are significantly over our time, I believe. We would be happy to accommodate Senator Feinstein or others.

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I understand that amendment No. 3199, an amendment of Senators Durbin and Inhofe, has now been cleared on both sides. So I ask unanimous consent that this amendment now be called up and considered.

Mr. LEVIN. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. LEVIN

Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the next amendment in order to be called up is the Cornyn amendment, No. 3158; that after the Cornyn amendment is reported it be in order for Senator Hagan or designee to call up her amendment, No. 3095; that there be up to 10 minutes of debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking member or their designees prior to votes in relation to the amendments in the order offered; finally, there be no amendments in order to either amendment prior to the votes.

Mr. LEVIN. That means we would be voting on the amendment of Senator Cornyn first, the amendment of Senator Hagan second. I yield the floor.

Mr. LEVIN. I think Senator Cornyn only needs about 5 minutes. We have cleared that amendment. There is support for it. Senator Hagan only needs, I believe, 5 minutes. That means that in about 10 minutes----

Mr. LEVIN. Unless there are others who wish to speak. A couple of votes.

Mr. LEVIN. If the Senator would yield, we thank him for noting that. Senator Hagan did have an opportunity last night to go into her amendment, and she was willing to do that at that time. We understood that, of course, the Senator would like an opportunity to speak against the Hagan amendment, which is the opportunity that is being provided now, and then I think it would be appropriate for someone to take Senator Hagan's place at the Presiding Officer's position so she can speak for a few minutes in support of her amendment after the Senator has completed. If the Senator could give us an idea about how long he expects?