Congressional Record
109th Congress (2005-2006)
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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 2930, 2965, 2995, EN BLOC
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Obama, of Illinois, I...
Mr. DODD. I call up amendments No. 2930, No. 2965, and No. 2995.
AMENDMENT NO. 2930
AMENDMENT NO. 2965
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AMENDMENT NO. 2995
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask that the pending amendments be set aside.
AMENDMENT NO. 2960
Mr. DODD. On behalf of Senator Levin of Michigan, I call up amendment...
AMENDMENT NO. 2960
AMENDMENT NO. 2963
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Feingold, I call up...
AMENDMENT NO. 2963
AMENDMENTS NOS. 3181 AND 3182, EN BLOC
Mr. DODD. On behalf of Senator Byrd of West Virginia, I ask that it be...
Mr. DODD. I call up amendment No. 3181 and amendment No. 3182.
AMENDMENT NO. 3181
AMENDMENT NO. 3182
AMENDMENTS NOS. 2980, 2981, 2983, 2961, 3175, 2970, 2936, 2937, AND 2982, EN BLOC
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up the following...
AMENDMENT NO. 2980
AMENDMENT NO. 2981
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AMENDMENT NO. 2983
AMENDMENT NO. 2961
AMENDMENT NO. 3175
AMENDMENT NO. 2970
``RULE XLIVÐ``EARMARKS
AMENDMENT NO. 2936
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AMENDMENT NO. 2937
AMENDMENT NO. 2982
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I believe we are ready to go forward with amendments...
AMENDMENT NO. 2954
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask my colleague to yield just to make a request.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask that an amendment by Senator Baucus of...
AMENDMENT NO. 2954
AMENDMENT NO. 2962
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. FEINGOLD. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
AMENDMENT NO. 2962
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, first of all, I commend my friend from Connecticut...
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President I rise in opposition to the amendment. I have worked in...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I enjoyed listening to the remarks of the Senator...
Mr. DODD. How much time remains?
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, may I be informed when I have consumed 10 minutes. I...
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I yield 10 minutes to the Senator from Connecticut.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I say to my friend from Wisconsin, he and I have...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. DODD. I am happy to yield.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I express my gratitude not only for the Senator's...
Mr. DODD. Again----
Mr. FEINGOLD. Or with a personal?
Mr. DODD. Under his amendment, that would be a banned activity.
Mr. FEINGOLD. And does the Senator agree, under your current amendment, that...
Mr. DODD. That is correct. If she is not a lobbyist and she takes you to lunch...
Mr. FEINGOLD. On this point--obviously, it may not be a secretary or a CEO of a...
Mr. DODD. I would certainly consider it.
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Mr. FEINGOLD. I think the Senator sees where I am going with this. I think the...
Mr. FEINGOLD. I will have him respond on my time.
Mr. DODD. If my colleague will yield, I cited that example, and I hope I did...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, obviously, not only do I respect what the Senator...
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, how much time is remaining in opposition?
Mr. LOTT. Three minutes.
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Mississippi.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I believe we have had a good debate. I know the intent...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, do I have any time remaining?
Mr. LOTT. All right. At the appropriate time I will move to table and will ask...
Mr. FEINGOLD. I thank the Senator from Mississippi.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, how much time is left?
Mr. FEINGOLD. I do not know if I will use the whole time.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I have such regard for the Senator from Maine that...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Delaware.
Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I am grateful to the Senator from Delaware for his...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I yield my time.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, has all time been yielded back?
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I move to table the amendment and ask for the yeas and...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr....
Mr. HAGEL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for no more than 4...
Mr. LOTT. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum...
Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent to go off the ethics bill for 5 minutes to...
Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent--and this is after extensive...
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I raise a point of order under rule XXII against...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 2930, 2960, 2961, AS MODIFIED, 2963, 2970, 3181, AS MODIFIED,...
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments...
Mr. DODD. Reserving the right to object, and I will not object, we went through...
AMENDMENT NO. 2961, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 3181, AS MODIFIED
AMENDMENT NO. 2979
AMENDMENT NO. 3184
AMENDMENT NO. 3185
AMENDMENT NO. 3186
AMENDMENT NO. 3187
AMENDMENT NO. 3188
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I opposed the Ensign amendment on earmarks because I...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I filed an amendment to the lobbying reform bill, S....
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Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, let me begin by commending the hard work of...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, when Jack Abramoff pled guilty in January, it was...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, today the Senate failed to live up to its...
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, to clarify where we are, we do have three remaining...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Mississippi. I would like to...
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I commend and respond in the same sense and vein of...
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, first let me begin by thanking my colleague from...
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Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise to support the bill. Let me first thank my...
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I don't want to repeat everything that has been said...
AMENDMENT NO. 2981 WITHDRAWN
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I call up my amendment.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I raise a point of order against the amendment.
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I have the floor.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I raise a point of order--
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, don't I have a right to be heard before the point of...
Mr. ENSIGN. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, for purposes of debate only, I said in my comments...
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, very simply, I will let people know what the intent...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. ENSIGN. I will yield for a question without losing my right to the floor.
Mr. McCAIN. I ask my colleague, isn't it true that the reason this...
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, those and many other things have been put in....
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I will yield to the Senator from Connecticut for a...
Mr. DODD. The Parliamentarian may have suggested something other than, but for...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield for a question,...
Mr. ENSIGN. I yield for a question.
Mr. McCAIN. Does the Senator from Nevada see my point? There is no...
Mr. ENSIGN. I agree with the Senator from Arizona. I appreciate the manager of...
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, if the Senator wishes to proceed with his next...
Mr. ENSIGN. If the Senator could give me 60 seconds.
Mr. LOTT. I thank the Senator for his approach on this.
AMENDMENT NO. 2980
Mr. ENSIGN. I call up amendment No. 2980.
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, let me discuss this amendment very briefly. I want...
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Mr. LOTT. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. ENSIGN. I yield.
Mr. LOTT. The Senator started moving toward giving an example. So that I will...
Mr. ENSIGN. I would say to the Senator from Mississippi, if one Senator were to...
Mr. LOTT. That is the type of example.
Mr. ENSIGN. I will give the Senate a more specific example. I will not use the...
Mr. LOTT. If the Senator would yield for a further question, the language we...
Mr. ENSIGN. It would allow for the designation to continue.
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, for a second I will discuss again what the...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, it was interesting to notice the arguments of the...
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Mr. McCAIN addressed the Chair.
Mr. McCAIN addressed the Chair.
Mr. McCAIN addressed the Chair.
Mr. McCAIN. Let me say to the Senator from Mississippi, with all...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, a point of order: Is a motion to table debatable?
Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I understand the Senator from Arizona was...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would just amend that unanimous consent...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I would like to respond as to why this...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr....
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LOTT. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 2983 WITHDRAWN
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I have been asked by the sponsor of the amendment to...
Mr. LOTT. With that, we have finished our amendments on this very important...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am very happy to be here today as we are very near...
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Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, earlier this year, I made a commitment, with the...
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Mr. FRIST. I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr....
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that...
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I take no contributions from special interest PACS or...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
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