we won't make any predictions. We will get started and do our best. I thank my good friend and look forward to working with him again next year. We have truly formed a unique partnership, the two of us together. I thank so many Senators…

At this juncture, the distinguished Senator from Michigan and I would like to offer our managers' package to this bill. I send a managers' package of some 64 amendments to the desk. They have been cleared by both sides.

Returning to the debate on the two amendments, I yield from my time 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Connecticut. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Connecticut is recognized.

we now turn to the underlying amendment. It is my understanding the Senator from South Carolina has agreed to a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2515, as amended. The amendment (No. 2515), as…

Given that we have no time to speak of before the amendment of the Senator from South Carolina and Senator Levin, I yield my 2 minutes for a matter other than the Iraqi debate, the habeas corpus issue, to the Senator from Pennsylvania. The…

beginning with this vote, all remaining votes will be 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Under the previous order, there is 2 minutes equally divided on the Warner amendment on which the yeas and nays…

I regret the term ``cut and paste'' was used. Senator Levin and I have worked together now for 27 years in the Armed Services Committee. I worked with him and told him we decided not to completely rewrite the amendment. This in an effort…

I am very grateful for the bipartisan support on this amendment. Our amendment is simply taking portions of the Levin amendment, putting them into an amendment that we put together, rather than draw up a totally new amendment, so we can…

may we have order? I ask the Presiding Officer to once again restate the sequence of votes that are about to take place. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will come to order. The upcoming amendment is the Bingaman amendment to the Graham…

first, I advise the Senate that last night for a period of 2 hours we had a very thorough debate on amendments of my distinguished colleague from Michigan and amendments that I put in with our distinguished leader, Mr. Frist, and I believe…

to inform the Senate, there are two amendments. Basically, as we will explain momentarily, the amendments are almost identical except in three areas. They are important areas, and we will go into that in some detail here in a moment. The…

as the world economy continues to develop, populations and economies grow, and energy demand continues to rise, it is imperative that we diversify our supply of energy. Nuclear power provides approximately 20 percent of our Nation's…

we will now go to the standing order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, following the vote on passage of S. 1042, the Senate stands in recess until 2:30 p.m. Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:22 p.m., recessed until 2:29 p.m. and…

if the Senator will yield, for those following, we covered first the sense of the Senate. The Senator has now covered very carefully all the other provisions. It seems to me that there has been no disagreement whatsoever between the two…

We are in a period of morning business. The Senator is in no way restricted in what he wishes to address. We thought it was related to the bill, but whatever he desires. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota will be recognized…

Then the distinguished Senator from South Carolina desires to enter into a colloquy with the distinguished Senator from Michigan relative to the amendments by the Senator from South Carolina. Am I not correct on that?

I was referring to now the statutory report language. There is no difference until you get to the last paragraph.

again I commend my colleague. I think I have fairly clearly stated, and I believe there has been concurrence, the document prepared by the Senator and others is virtually accepted in our amendment. The changes that I put out, the one…

I think the matter now is that the Senate should go off the bill and I will proceed to do morning business.

our magnificent service men and women, along with allies and partners, are supporting the Iraqis as they develop their own concepts of democracy. Jointly we are improving infrastructure, improving the internal security, and together…

I would only say let us not leave the impression that this side of the aisle is rushing to judgment. This framework of votes and amendments were carefully worked out on Thursday evening. The Senate has been in session since 2 today. There…

to help those following, you have now concluded that section entitled ``Sense of the Senate.'' Both amendments have it phrased such, not binding on the administration.

We are facing similar problems at the Jefferson Laboratory in Virginia. As the chairman knows, the Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA, is one of our basic research labs that would be negatively impacted by this funding level. Specifically…

We will continue to have a debate tonight on those amendments that are going to be voted on in the morning and such other matters as any Senator wishes to bring up relative to the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

As you carefully pointed out, but I would like to repeat, the entire section that you have referred to we have accepted--I accepted and recommended to my colleague--except for that one change of striking ``indefinitely'' and using ``any…