Patty Murray

Mrs. MURRAY

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2469 and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, we do have one other Senator who wants to come and speak on this amendment. I think he will be here shortly. If there are no other Senators who want to speak at the moment, I suggest the absence of a quorum and ask unanimous consent that the time be charged equally.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 1 hour of debate, equally controlled in the usual form, with no second-degree amendments in order prior to the vote, and upon use or yielding back of the time, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the amendment, as modified.

Mrs. MURRAY. I object at this time. I have a number of Senators who are asking us to call up amendments. We would like to work with all of you to do that in a regular fashion. Maybe we can do that after the Senator from Louisiana is speaking, but at this point we are going to allow the Senator from Louisiana to speak and then move back to regular order, which will then be the Grassley-Inhofe amendment, No. 2444.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, at this point we would like to move to regular order. The next amendment pending is the Grassley-Inhofe amendment. I understand the Senator from Louisiana would like 2 minutes just to discuss the amendment that just fell, so I ask unanimous consent that she have 2 minutes.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I thank all our colleagues for working with us to a point where I hope now we can start working through the amendments. I call for regular order at this point, and I would remind all of us that I have about 12 or 13 amendments that have been offered. I know several other Senators have asked to be recognized to offer amendments. We want to work our way through all of these in a timely manner in regular order. We will be doing that this afternoon. So I ask Senators to stay close by the floor so we can move them through as quickly as possible. Hopefully, we can get time agreements on them in short order and dispose of them in whatever way is appropriate. At this time, I call for regular order. Amendment No. 2468

Mrs. MURRAY. I believe I have the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.

Mrs. MURRAY. I believe this amendment is also agreed to.

Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous consent that the managers' package, as was presented, be sent to the desk, en bloc, with the modifications as requested and be agreed to.

Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding adoption of Kyl amendment No. 2518, the amendment be further modified with the version I now send to the desk.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I believe this amendment is also agreed to.

Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mrs. MURRAY. I believe those are all the amendments to come before the Senate. amendment no. 2521

Mrs. MURRAY. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2486 to Amendment No. 2383

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2486 and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

Mrs. MURRAY. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2391 to Amendment No. 2383

Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous consent that we go back to second reading.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I believe the amendment has been agreed to on both sides.

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

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2513 and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I advise Senators that we have about 10 more minutes. We are working through the final package of agreed-upon amendments which we hope to have to the floor in the next 10 minutes. We will work our way through those amendments and on to final passage. I suggest the absence of a quorum.