Order of Procedure

ORDER OF PROCEDURE

Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the time allotted under the previous unanimous consent agreement for the Democrats be divided 10 minutes to the Senator from Iowa, Mr. Harkin, 5 minutes to the Senator from New York, Mr. Schumer. Under the previous unanimous consent agreement that had been entered into we have time set aside for Senator Levin of 10 minutes. Senator Levin will not come. I ask unanimous consent that Senator Reed of Rhode Island be inserted in his place.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. CORNYN. Reserving the right to object, I am sorry, I was otherwise distracted.

Mr. REID. The Senator does not need to worry. Everything is under control.

Mr. CORNYN. That is what I was afraid of. I want to make sure, are we pushing back morning business?

Mr. REID. No. Morning business is going to proceed, but because of leader time and the prayer and the pledge, morning business did not start until a few minutes later. So the Democrats will now have 15 minutes for morning business and following that we will go into the 2 hours of debate.

Mr. CORNYN. I thank the Senator very much.

Mr. REID. All I was doing is stating that Senator Levin will not be here. Senator JACK REED is going to take his place.

Mr. CORNYN. No objection.