I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up amendment No. 290. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy], for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Heitkamp, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Klobuchar, proposes an amendment numbered 290.
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