Patty Murray

Mrs. MURRAY

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

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

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I yield back all time on both sides. Amendment No. 709

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 President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

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

Mrs. MURRAY. I don't see the Senator from Oklahoma. He has some time. I assume he will be coming to the floor, since we will be going to a vote shortly. I yield the remainder of our time to the Senator from Oregon.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, how much time is remaining to both sides?

Mrs. MURRAY. I am happy to yield that time to the Senator from Minnesota.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, may I ask how much time do we have on our side?

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I yield the remaining time to the Senator from Wisconsin.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Hagel amendment, No. 707, be withdrawn, as outlined under a previous order.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, under the order, how much time remains on our side?

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I now yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Minnesota, Ms. Klobuchar, and 10 minutes to the Senator from Colorado, Mr. Salazar.

Mrs. MURRAY. I yield 5 additional minutes to the Senator from California.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, we will then have four votes beginning at 2:40 p.m. I thank the Senator from California.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the previous order be further modified, for the last time, and that the votes slated to occur at 2 p.m. be delayed until 2:40 p.m., and that the time until 2:40 p.m. be divided 30 minutes in opposition to the Coburn amendments Nos. 657 and 648, and that Senator Coburn control 5 minutes; that upon disposition of the Burr amendment, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the Coburn amendment No. 657, to be followed by a vote in relation to amendment No. 648; that no amendments be in order to either amendment; that there be 2 minutes for debate prior to each amendment covered under this agreement; and that after the first vote, the time be limited to 10 minutes.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, if the Senator from California will yield for a minute for a unanimous consent request.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I inform the Senator that we have about eight Senators here who are all wanting about 5 minutes between now and 2:30 p.m. If the Senator wouldn't mind withholding, we will try to accommodate him after the votes.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, if I can inform our colleagues, we are in the process of working to get a unanimous consent agreement to move the two votes that were scheduled for 2 o'clock to 2:30 p.m. We are going to be putting that together. We should have it in just a few minutes. If our colleagues will allow us to let Senator Boxer continue for a few minutes, we will have that put together. Mr. GRAHAM addressed the Chair.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, it is my understanding that we are now going to turn to Senator Hagel and Senator Webb, who are both here. We have time allocated until 2 o'clock, at which time, I remind my colleagues, we will have two votes.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, we will now move to the cloture vote. Following the cloture vote, it is our understanding that Senators Hagel and Webb, under the previous agreement, will speak on the amendment to which they would like to speak. For the information of all Senators, once this vote occurs, Senator Hagel and Senator Webb will be speaking, and then we will have votes at 2 o'clock, which were just ordered. Cloture Motion

Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I now ask unanimous consent that the previous order be further modified to provide that the cloture vote occur immediately; that the other two votes with respect to the Wyden and Burr amendments occur at 2 p.m. under the same conditions and limitations; provided further, that notwithstanding rule XXII, the amendments remain in order.

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

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

Mrs. MURRAY

Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Jeremy Weirich, a detailee to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, be granted floor access for the duration of the Senate debate on the 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bill.