Senate Proceeding on Mar 26th, 2009 :: 2:41:50 to 2:45:05
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2:41:39 to 2:41:59( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: quorum call: ms. mikulski: madam the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: i ask unanimous consent that at 2:30 p.m. today, the senate resume consideration -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. mi i ask unanimous consent that the call of the quorum vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. mikulski: i ask unanimous

2:41:50 to 2:45:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Barbara Mikulski

2:42:00 to 2:42:22( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: consent that at 2:30 p.m. today, the senate resume consideration of amendments 721 and that upon disposition of that amendment, the senate resume amendment number 716; that upon the disposition of that amendment, the senate resume amendment number 705, that prior to a vote in relation to each amendment,

2:42:23 to 2:42:43( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: there be two minutes of divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees in the usual form and that no amendments being in order to any amendments in this relation it, after the first vote in the sequence, the remaing votes bely. ed to 10 minutes each. -- the remaining votes be limited to 10 m

2:42:44 to 2:43:04( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: the presiding officer: is there objection? without obction, so ordered. ms. mikulski: just to put that in plain english, madam president, it means that we will be voting on senator thune's sense of the senate on charitable giving, senator baucus has an alternative or a side-by-side, we'll be voting on that, and we'll also be voting

2:43:05 to 2:43:25( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: on the vitter amendment related to acorn. so those will be the three votes. for the interest of our colleagues and others, as how this bill is progressing, we're doing very well, and we thank our colleagues for coming down debating them.

2:43:26 to 2:43:48( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: all amendments need to be filed by 1:00 today. upon to then either work down those that can beasily disposed of, but we'll also be reaching to colleagues for them to come and offer the amendments on the floor so at such time later on this afternoon we can have substantive votes.

2:43:49 to 2:44:11( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: but we want to have substantive debate all afternoon. so if our colleagues could file their will -- both sides of we will be expeditiously dealing with them, and then we will be inviting colleagues to offer them and then voting on them later on today.

2:44:12 to 2:44:32( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: it would be of, i believe, leaders on both sides of the aisle, that we could conclude the debate and the vote on final passage on this bill that would be my goal, and i know the goal of senators -- my goal and that of senator kennedy. i know the goal is shared by

2:44:33 to 2:44:54( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Mikulski: senators enzi and hatch, and with the cooperation of colleagues, we will certainly be able to do it. and we thank them already for their excellent cooperation. madam president, i absence of a quo the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.