Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. On amendment No. 187, there is a substitute at the desk. On behalf of Senator Leahy, I ask that the substitute be considered as part of this package in lieu of the original version of this amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Amendment No. 205, Senator McConnell; amendment No. 236, Senator Harkin; amendment No. 243, Senator Edwards. Further, at the desk are modifications for amendment No. 135, Senator Talent; amendment No. 116, Senator Leahy; amendment No. 226, Senator Kohl; amendment No. 163, Senator Fitzgerald and Senator Harkin. I ask that those amendments be so modified according to the items at the desk.

Mr. STEVENS. I have another list. I will similarly make a request that they be considered en bloc: Amendment No. 33, Senator Craig and Senator Durbin; amendment No. 102, Senator Leahy. It should be modified so that ``shall'' reads ``may.'' I ask for that modification now.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. STEVENS. I urge they be adopted en bloc.

Mr. STEVENS. Is that agreeable?

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, if I may have the attention of the Senate, I have two more amendments that have been cleared. I will make a request after I recite the amendments. Amendment No. 10, Senator Nelson of Florida; amendment No. 28, Senator Kennedy; amendment No. 47, Senator Feinstein; amendment No. 65, as modified, Senator Kyl; amendment No. 88, Senator Warner; amendment No. 110, Senators Boxer and Feinstein; amendment No. 139, as modified, Senators Graham, Nelson, and Voinovich; amendment No. 155, Senator Domenici; amendment No. 201, Senator Feingold; amendment No. 218, Senator Hatch; amendment No. 151, Senator Murkowski and myself; amendment No. 50, Senator Sarbanes; amendment No. 34, Senator Craig; amendment No. 126, Senators Bingaman and Domenici; and amendment No. 158, Senators Bingaman and Domenici. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these amendments be considered en bloc.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendments Nos. 10, 28, 47, 65, As Modified; 88, 110, 139, As Modified; 155, 201, 218, 151, 50, 34, 126, 158, En Bloc

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, we have not seen the modification. I remove that objection.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the immediate adoption of the modified amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 112.

Mr. STEVENS. Very well. Amendment No. 112, As Modified

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, Senator Lautenberg has 5 minutes on his amendment on the Superfund.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. It will be at the desk, and we will consider it later. I ask unanimous consent that these amendments be considered en bloc and agreed to en bloc.

Mr. STEVENS. I ask, then, that No. 112 be taken out of this package.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent they be considered en bloc.

Mr. STEVENS. Modified in accordance with the way we presented them to the desk. I, first, want to modify them.

Mr. STEVENS. We will confer with the Senator. I now ask unanimous consent that the series of amendments that I have referred to be modified in accordance with the submissions that are at the desk.

Mr. STEVENS. We have not been able to clear that one yet. It is not in this package. We have another series in a package. There is another package coming later.

Mr. STEVENS. I still have the floor, Mr. President.

Mr. STEVENS. Will the Senator make the statement after we adopt this package?

Mr. STEVENS. It was.