Is it his understanding now, having had several conversations with Senator Vitter and myself, that this technical correction is perceived only to be limited to the 77 low-income housing, mixed-income projects through the gulf coast? Is…

OK. Then I will use 1 minute of my time out of the 10 I have. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

Thank you, Mr. President. In just a few minutes--sometime before the hour of 12--I am going to be asking for unanimous consent to correct a mistake that was made in the final negotiations of this tax package, which contains, as you know…

OK. I will take 30 more seconds of my time--except for the $42 million that applies to low-income housing tax credits. So the entire GO Zone package--$800 million for the gulf coast--was put in. This little $42 million was left out. It was…

Mr. President, I would like that time charged to the other side. Senator Baucus. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

Well, I would just say--with about 30 seconds left-- that I am encouraged, Mr. President, from what I have heard from the Senate Finance Committee chair and the chief negotiator on tax issues on the Republican side that they recognize this…

Does the Senator have any idea about the time? I would like to see if Senator Kyl can say a word on this because his views are very important.

Mr. President, I have a question for Senator Kyl. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

Mr. President, I understand we are in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. That is correct.

I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. I understand Senator Voinovich is on his way, but I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, this Senate is not going to be the same place without the Senator from Indiana. In fact, it will be a lesser place because he has been such an outstanding Senator. I wish to let him know he will be very much missed. He…

Mr. President, I thank the leadership on both sides for giving me an opportunity, in just a few minutes, to have a portion of the time when it comes to the discussion of the bill we are going to be voting on at noon. But I thought before I…

Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to ask unanimous consent to use the general time, not my own 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no general debate time.

Mr. President, I see Senator DeMint here. I know he has time allocated to him. I also have 8\1/2\ minutes left. I want to make sure I will be able to retain my 8\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana has 7 minutes…

I wish to retain that 7 minutes after Senator DeMint speaks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is pending. Mr…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven minutes.

I will take two of them now and then reserve the remainder of my time. We only have, under the agreement arrived at between Leader Reid and Leader McConnell, 15 minutes to correct this mistake. At 12 o'clock, we are going to have to vote…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 3 minutes remaining.