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“along the same lines, I would hope that at least with these four amendments--which are now ready to be debated and voted upon--that our friend from Oklahoma would allow that to proceed, with the notice that from thereon he would not allow any unanimous consent agreement. But this has been worked on for so long and these four amendments are lined up so nicely for debate tomorrow that I would urge him to relent and allow us to at least proceed to those four amendments. And he has now put the body on notice that he would not agree to any additional beyond that. I happen to agree with my friend from Arizona. We are going to debate, folks. Sooner or later, these amendments are going to be debated, unless a cloture motion--which is going to be filed tomorrow-- is approved on Monday. And then we are right back in the same problem we have had, which has just been eloquently described by Senator McCain. And if we don't vote cloture, this bill isn't going anywhere. If we do vote cloture, then we will have made it impossible for some people to offer amendments, which they should be allowed to offer. Let us be clear on what is happening tomorrow, to the extent it is possible--which is not very extensive. And I want to get the Chair to confirm this. There is a pending amendment. It is a modified Kyl amendment. This has been modified so that it was been worked out with Senator Kerry. That is pending. Is the Senator correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”