Arlen Specter: “We have an amendment by the Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, who is on the floor and ready to go with her amendment.…”

“We have an amendment by the Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, who is on the floor and ready to go with her amendment. My suggestion would be--we have culled the list, we have called everyone, we know of no other rollcall votes--that we move to third reading when we conclude the Boxer amendment. We have had continuous requests, multiple requests. Senators want to know when we are going to conclude. We are very close to concluding. Let us, if it is agreeable to my ranking member, take up the Boxer amendment, and then have an interlude for anybody else who has an amendment. Then we will go to third reading and final passage. As previously announced, Senator Boxer is next. Then we have the amendment of the Senator from Nevada, Mr. Ensign. We will have two back-to-back rollcall votes on Senator Boxer's amendment and Senator Ensign's amendment. Then we will be in a position to have some additional voice votes on about half a dozen amendments. Then we are in a position to go to final passage. Our colleagues can be informed that we are moving right along. That should conclude the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.”