Let me finish my sentence on this. In any event, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. If we put a limitation on the United States on something they are not developing, then it is only fair to put a limitation on them with…

Mr. President, let me take 3, 4, 5 of those minutes. I appreciate my colleagues' compliments about important issues being brought up, and I also appreciate their concern that amendments of this significance would cause heartburn for the…

If that was the impression, I do not think I can do that. But in any event, I did not try to do that. There are four all told. I would eliminate my one, and there would be a fixed number--only three possibilities after that.

I am not willing to withdraw my request. What I am afraid of, quite frankly, is that we are not going to be able to get unanimous consent before a cloture vote on the treaty and we are going to be iced out here. I have propounded a…

Madam President, I appreciate the explanation. That ordinarily would be information given to the two leaders, and we did not do that in this case. I do appreciate this. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.

Madam President, I wish to talk about both the Thune amendment and the Inhofe amendment. With respect to the Inhofe amendment on verification, we are going to go into executive session of the Senate at 2 o'clock this afternoon, where there…

Madam President, I say to Senator Thune, I was not aware it would be cut in half. I was aware it would be drastically reduced. That is a huge reduction, especially if the administration is unwilling to commit that we are even going to have…

I will conclude by saying, I hope we have at least a short moment or period of debate following the closed session so both Senator Thune and Senator Inhofe can make a brief closing argument to remind our colleagues about what the debate…

Madam President, I wonder if I might engage in a colloquy briefly with my colleague from Massachusetts and then propound a unanimous consent agreement. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). The Senator from Arizona.

Madam President, there are two votes scheduled on the Thune amendment and the Inhofe amendment. Have we locked in the LeMieux amendment yet?

Madam President, does my colleague anticipate that it is possible there would be a third vote tonight, depending upon whether Senator LeMieux is ready to have that vote?