TREATY CAN BECOME THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. ALL AMERICANS
           SHOULD KNOW THAT I AND MY COLLEAGUES TAKE THIS SOLEMN
           RESPONSIBILITY WITH GREAT PRIDE, AND WE ARE VERY DILIGENT IN
           MAKING SURE THAT OUR ADVICE AND CONSENT TO TREATIES IS TREATED
           WITH THE UTMOST CONSIDERATION AND SERIOUSNESS. THE SENATE DOES
           NOT OFTEN REFUSE TO RATIFY TREATIES, AS BORNE OUT BY THE
           HISTORICAL RECORD. BUT THE FACT THAT THE SENATE HAS REJECTED
           SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT TREATIES THIS CENTURY UNDERSCORES THE
           IMPORTANT QUALITY-CONTROL FUNCTION THAT WAS INTENDED BY THE

           FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION. THE FOUNDING FATHERS NEVER
           ENVISIONED THE SENATE WOULD BE A RUBBER STAMP FOR A FLAWED
           TREATY. I AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL NEVER ALLOW THIS VENERABLE
           INSTITUTION TO BE PERCEIVED AS, MUCH LESS ACTUALLY BECOME A MIR
           RUBBER STAMP FOR AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED BY THIS OR ANY OTHER
           PRESIDENT. INSTEAD THE SENATE MUST DISSECT AND DEBATE EVERY
           TREATY TO E7B SURE THAT IT ADEQUATELY PROTECTS AND PROMOTES
           AMERICAN SECURITY INTERESTS. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT AND
           DESERVE NO LESS. AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BY NUMEROUS EXPERTS

           BEFORE THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, THE ARMED SERVICES
           COMMITTEE AND THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND BY MANY SENATORS
           IN EXTENDED FLOOR DEBATE, THIS TREATY DOES NOT MEET EVEN THE
           MINIMAL STANDARDS OF PREVIOUS ARMS CONTROL TREATIES. THAT IS IT
           IS INEFFECTUAL, EVEN DANGEROUS, IN MY JUDGMENT. IT IS
           UNVERIFIABLE AND IT IS UNENFORCEABLE. AS ONE OF MY
           DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES PUT IT, THE CTBT IS NOT THE SAME
           CALIBER AS THE ARMS CONTROL TREATIES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE THE
           SENATE IN RECENT DECADES. THIS TREATY IS INEFFECTUAL BECAUSE IT

           WOULD NOT STOP OTHER NATIONS FROM TESTING OR DEVELOPING NUCLEAR
           WEAPONS, BUT IT COULD PRECLUDE THE UNITED STATES FROM TAKING
           APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND THE RELIABILITY OF
           THE UNITED STATES NUCLEAR ARSENAL. THAT IS NOT EFFECTIVELY
           VERIFIABLE AND IT MAKES IT CLEAR BY THE INTELLIGENCE
           COMMITTEE'S INABILITY TO STATE UNEQUIFABLY THE PURPOSE OF
           ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY FOR SOME NUMBER OF MONTHS AT THE RUSSIAN
           NUCLEAR TEST SITE. JUST LAST WEEK IT WAS CLEAR THAT THEY COULD

           NOT ASSURE US THAT LOW-LEVEL TESTING WAS NOT TAKING PLACE. THE
           CTBT SIMPLY HAS NO TEETH. HAD THE PRESIDENT CONSULTED WITH THE
           SENATORS BEFORE MAKING THE DECISION IN 1995 TO PURSUE AN
           UNVERIFIABLE, UNLIMITED DURATION, ZERO-YIELD BAN ON TESTING, HE
           WOULD HAVE KNOWN SUCH A TREATY COULD NOT BE RATIFIED. IF HE HAD
           TALKED AT THAT TIME TO SENATOR WARNER, TO SENATOR KYL, TO
           SENATOR LUGAR, TO ANY NUMBER OF SENATORS -- SENATOR HELMS -- HE
           COULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A VERIFIABLE TREATY AND

           THAT IT WAS NOT THE SAFE THING TO DO FOR OUR COUNTRY.
           
           I KNOW SOME WILL ASK: SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
           THE FIRST THING THAT MUST BE DONE IS TO BEGIN A PROCESS TO
           STRENGTHEN U.S. NUCLEAR DETERRENCE SO THAT NO ONE, WHETHER
           POTENTIAL ADVERSARY OR ALLY, COMES AWAY FROM THESE
           DELIBERATIONS WITH DOUBTS ABOUT THE CREDIBILITY OF THE U.S.
           NUCLEAR ARSENAL. TO THIS END, I HAVE TODAY WRITTEN SECRETARY OF
           DEFENSE BILL COHEN ASKING THAT HE INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE
           REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCKPILE,
           INFRASTRUCTURE, MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL, TRAINING, DELIVERY

           SYSTEMS AND RELATED MATTERS. THE REVIEW WOULD ENCOMPASS
           ACTIVITIES UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND
           THE NEW CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED NATIONAL SECURITY NUCLEAR
           SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS REVIEW WOULD BE
           TO IDENTIFY WAYS THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS JOINTLY CAN
           STRENGTHEN OUR NUCLEAR DETERRENCE IN THE COMING DECADES. FOR
           EXAMPLE, BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO STOCKPILE
           STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS THAT SENATOR DOMENICI IS SO DILIGENTLY
           WORKING ON. THIS EXISTS AT OUR NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABS AND
           PRODUCTION PLANTS. I'VE OFFERED TO WORK WITH SECRETARY COHEN ON

           THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONDUCT OF SUCH A REVIEW. SECOND, THE
           SENATE SHOULD DERTAKE A MAJOR SURVEY OF THE PROLIFERATION OF
           WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATED MEANS OF DELIVERY AS
           WE APPROACH THE NEW MILLENNIUM. A KEY ASPECT OF THIS REVIEW
           SHOULD BE AN ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT AND TO WHAT EXTENT
           U.S. POLICIES AND ACTIONS  INACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
           HEIGHTENED PROLIFERATION THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST SEVEN
           YEARS. WE KNOW THAT FROM NORTH KOREA TO IRAN TO IRAQ, FROM
           CHINA TO RUSSIA AND FROM INDIA TO PAKISTAN THE NEXT PRESIDENT

           WILL BE FORCED TO CONFRONT A STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE THAT IN MANY
           WAYS IS FAR MORE HOSTILE AND DANGEROUS THAN THAT WHICH WAS
           INHERITED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON IN JANUARY 1993. I CALL UPON THE
           RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION IN THE SENATE TO PROMPTLY
           INITIATE SUCH A SURVEY AND PLAN TO COMPLETE ACTION WITHIN THE
           NEXT 180 DAYS. AND FINALLY, I'M AWARE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
           CLAIMS THAT REJECTION OF THE CTBT COULD DAMAGE U.S. PRESTIGE
           AND SIGNAL A BLOW TO OUR LEADERSHIP. AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IS

           VITAL IN THE WORLD TODAY, BUT WITH LEADERSHIP COMES
           RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ANY
           ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS PRESENTED TO THE SENATE FOR ADVICE AND
           CONSENT ARE BOTH CLEARLY IN AMERICA'S SECURITY INTEREST AND
           EFFECTIVELY VERIFIABLE. THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
           FAILED ON BOTH OF THESE CRUCIAL TESTS. TODAY, AMONG MANY OTHER
           TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS I HAD, I TALKED TO FORMER SECRETARY OF
           DEFENSE DICK CHENEY, A MAN FOR WHOM I HAVE THE HIGHEST REGARD,
           A MAN THAT GAVE REAL LEADERSHIP WHEN HE WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT
           OF DEFENSE, A MAN WHO WOULD NEVER ADVOCATE A POSITION THAT WAS

           NOT IN THE UNITED STATES BEST NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST OR IN
           SUPPORT OF OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. HE TOLD ME HE WAS
           CONVINCED THIS TREATY WAS FATALLY FLAWED, THAT IT SHOULD BE
           DEFEATED. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT -- AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT
           WOULD SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO OUR TREATY NEGOTIATORS AND PEOPLE
           AROUND THE WORLD THAT TREATIES THAT ARE NOT VERIFIABLE, THAT
           ARE NOT PROPERLY CONCLUDED WILL NOT BE RATIFIED BY THE SENATE.
           WE WILL TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY, AND WE WILL DEFEAT
           BAD TREATIES WHEN IT'S THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR
           ALLIES AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR ME, OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR

           FUTURE. SO I THINK WE HAVE TAKEN THE RIGHT STEP TODAY. I NOTE
           THAT THIS VOTE TURNED OUT TO BE A VER SIGNIFICANT VOTE. 51
           SENATORS VOTED AGAINST THIS TREATY. NOT EVEN A MAJORITY WAS FOR
           THIS TREATY. AND TO CONFIRM A TREATY OR RATIFY A TREATY TAKES,
           OF COURSE, THE TWO-THIRDS VOTE -- 67 VOTES. THEY WERE NOT HERE.
           THEY WERE NEVER HERE. THIS TREATY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PUSHED
           FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. IT WAS NOT READY FOR CONSIDERATION, AND
           IT WAS UNVERIFIABLE. AND, THEREFORE, WOULD NOT BE RATIFIED. I

           THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE FOR THEIR
           PARTICIPATION. I THOUGHT THE DEBATE WAS SPIRITED. IT WAS GOOD
           ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. I APPRECIATE THE ADVICE AND COUNSEL
           I RECEIVED ON ALL SIDES AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
           IT'S NOT BEEN EASY, BUT IT'S PART OF THE JOB. I TAKE THIS JOB
           VERY SERIOUSLY. I TAKE THIS VOTE VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT TODAY, MR.
           PRESIDENT, WE DID THE RIGHT THING FOR AMERICA. I YIELD THE

           FLOOR. MR. MCCAIN: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA.
           

           MR. MCCAIN: MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO MENTION TO THE MAJORITY
           LEADER THAT WE'RE NOW
           
           -- IT IS NOW -- NEARLY 7:25 P.M. AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE
           MAJORITY LEADER AND THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY, WHO WANTS TO
           BEGIN THE DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE,
           THE AGREEMENT THAT THE MAJORITY LEADER AND I HAVE IS THAT WE
           WOULD HAVE FIVE DAYS OF DEBATE AND DISCUSSION. I CERTAINLY HOPE
           HE DOESN'T
           
           CONSIDER STARTING AT 7:25 AS A DAY OF DEBATE AND DISCUSSION.

           AND I WOULD ASK HIM THAT QUESTION. SECOND OF ALL, THIS IS A
           VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. EVEN THE STAFF HAS GONE. MOST MEMBERS
           HAVE GONE. THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER KNOWS THAT. WE HAVE EVEN
           TOMORROW SCHEDULED THE D.O.D. DISCUSSION AND VOTE WHICH WOULD
           BE THE FIRST INTERRUPTION EVEN AFTER WE FIRST GOT STARTED,
           FOLLOWED BY A VOTE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
           BILL. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED TONIGHT AND THE VOTE TAKEN
           PLACE. ONLY WE KNOW WHY IT WASN'T. SO I HOPE THAT THE MAJORITY
           LEADER WILL UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL NOT MAKE AN OPENING

           STATEMENT TONIGHT. I WILL WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW SO I CAN HAVE THE
           ATTENTION OF MY COLLEAGUES. IF THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY WANTS
           TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT, THAT'S FINE. I KNOW THAT DISCUSSIONS
           WITH THE SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN, HE CHOOSES TO DO THE SAME
           THING. I DON'T THINK THAT AN ISSUE LIKE THIS SHOULD BE
           INITIATED
           
           AT 7:30 AT NIGHT ON AN EVENING. BUT THE SENATOR FROM -- I WOULD
           WANT TO ASSURE SENATOR LOTT THAT I AM WELL -- ONCE WE HAVE
           OPENING STATEMENTS AND ONCE WE GET INTO THE AMENDING PROCESS
           AND VOTES, I WILL BE GLAD TO STAY AS LATE AS IS NECESSARY EVERY

           NIGHT, INCLUDING ALL THROUGH THE WEEKEND IF NECESSARY. I DON'T
           THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE NOR DO I BELIEVE ANYONE TO SAY YOU
           DEMAND OPENING STATEMENTS TONIGHT ON THE ISSUE AND THEN
           TOMORROW MORNING WE GO BACK TO ANOTHER BILL RIGHT OFF OF THE
           ISSUE AT HAND. SO I HOPE THE MAJORITY LEADER, WHO HAS BEEN VERY
           COOPERATIVE IN HELPING ME AND BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE IN BRINGING
           UP THIS ISSUE, WOULD UNDERSTAND MY POINT OF VIEW ON THIS
           PARTICULAR ISSUE. I'D BE GLAD TO YIELD TO THE SENATOR FROM
           KENTUCKY. ACTUALLY, I JUST WHY ARE.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
           

           MR. MCCONNELL: MR. PRESIDENT, I SAY TO MY FRIEND FROM ARIZONA,
           THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FINING WITH THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY. ALL I
           WAS HOPING WE COULD DO, SINCE THIS SESSION OF CONGRESS IS
           GETTING SHORT AND WE HAVE IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST OF BOTH
           THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA AND THE SENAR FROM WISCONSIN TAKEN
           THIS ISSUE UP THIS YEAR IN A WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN OFFER
           AMENDMENTS, THAT MAYBE WE COULD AT LEAST GET AN AMENDMENT LAID
           DOWN TONIGHT AND MAYBE THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING SOME
           TIME OF TIME AGREEMENT ON AN AMENDMENT FOR TOMORROW SO WE CAN
           GET INTO THE DEBATE. I AGREE WITH THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA. I

           DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR OPENING STATEMENTS TONIGHT.
           I'M NOT PLANNING ON MAKING ONE. BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET STARTED
           HERE, WHICH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES

           OF THE AISLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AMENDMENTS. MR. LOTT: MR.
           PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER.
           

           MR. LOTT: WOULD THE SENATOR YIELD SO I COULD RESPOND TO
           COMMENTS OF BOTH THE SENATORS, AND PARTICULARLY THE QUESTIONS
           THAT WAS ASKED BY SENATOR MCCAIN. I REALLY HAD A FIXATION ON
           TRYING TO GET STARTED ON THIS BILL TODAY BECAUSE I HAD
           COMMITTED TO DO SO. I REALIZEIT'S LATE. BUT I'M SURE YOU
           UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO JUGGLE THE SCHEDULE. WE HAD
           ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY WOULD
           BE VOTED ON NOT TODAY, BUT LAST NIGHT OR CERTAINLY EARLIER
           TODAY. I AM TRYING TO JUGGLE THE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE

           REPORTS TOO. I WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED BY A COUPLE OF SENATORS
           TO HAVE THE DEBATE IN THE MORNING AND NOW
           
           TO HAVE THE VOTE AT 4:00. AND I MUST TELL YOU THAT LATER ON
           THIS WEEK WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERRUPTION FOR
           THE H.U.D.-V.A. APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT. AND NEXT WEEK
           WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE INTERRUPTIONS FOR THE ENTEAR YOR
           APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT. SO I HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING IN
           THESE APPROPRIATIONS BILL. I REALIZE THAT IT INTERRUPTS THE
           FLOW OF THE DEBATE. BUT THAT'S WHY ALSO I'VE LEFRND AROUND HERE
           THE BEST THING TO DO TO GET SOMETHING GOING IS JUST GET
           STARTED. GET IT UP, GET IT STOOD UP SO THAT IT'S THE PENDING

           BUSINESS AND WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS. I TOOK PARTICULAR
           INTEREST IN THE SENATOR'S OFFER THAT MAYBE WE EVEN CONSIDER
           DOING THIS ON THIS WEEKEND OR MAYBE SATURDAY. I THINK, YOU
           KNOW, IT WOULD GET A LOT OF ATTENTION. WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO
           THE END OF THE SESSION, AND I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PULLING ON
           ME TO DO, YOU KNOW, THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION ACT, THE NUCLEAR
           WASTE BILL, THE BANKRUPTCY, THE TRADE BILLS. SO I REALLY NEED

           TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE, EVEN OF A COUPLE OF HOURS ON
           WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IF WE POSSIBLY CAN. IF BOTH OF YOU WOULD BE
           WILLING TO AT LEAST GET IT STARTED, SEE IF WE CAN GET A TREATY,
           SEE IF WE CAN GET ANY TYPE OF OPENING STATEMENT. BUT LET'S
           START IT AND WE'LL BE BACK ON IT AGAIN IN THE
           
           MORNING AT 10:30. I WILL WORK WITH BOTH SIDES AND ALL SIDES TO
           MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS FULLY DEBATED AND AMENDMENT ARE OFFERED.
           YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AMENDMENTS, AND WE'RE
           GOING TO HAVE A HAVE A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION. WE'RE GOING TO
           HAVE A LOT OF VOTES. I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO FORWARD. I HOPE

           THAT YOU WILL COOPERATE WITH ME AS WE TRY TO GET THAT DONE.
           THANK YOU.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA.
           

           MR. MCCAIN: LET ME JUST SAY TO THE MAJORITY LEADER, I'M IN DEEP
           AND SINCERE SYMPATHY WITH HIS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ALL OF THESE
           ISSUES AND PENDING LEGISLATION. I WOULD JUST REMIND HIM THAT
           SOME MONTHS AGO WE DID ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WOULD
           HAVE FIVE DAYS OF DEBATE AND AMENDING ON THE BILL. AND I KNOW
           THAT THE MAJORITY LEADER WILL STICK TO THAT AGREEMENT.
           
           STARTSING AT 7:30 AT NIGHT IS NOT OBVIOUSLY A DAY OF DEBATE AND
           DISCUSSION. I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INTERRUPTED.
           BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY AGAIN WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE AGREEMENT

           ADHERED TO. AND I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT NUCLEAR WASTE AND
           RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND ALL OF THE OTHER ISSUES, BUT WE DID HAVE
           AN AGREEMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. AND I INTEND TO SEE THAT
           WE CAN DO OUR BEST TO ADHERE TO THAT AGREEMENT. THE SENATOR
           FROM DOUSHS MR. LOTTCOULI JUST SAY TO THE SENATOR, WE'LL
           PROCEED ON CAROL COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TIME. DO YOU UNDERSTAND
           THAT?
           
           

           MR. MCCAIN: I THANK THE SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI. I'D BE GLAD
           TO ENTERTAIN -- I THANK THE MAJORITY LEADER. I'D BE GLAD TO
           ENTERTAIN WHATEVER PROPOSAL THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY HAS AT
           THIS TIME. WE WILL -- I INTEND, ALONG WITH THE SENATOR FROM
           WISCONSIN, TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW FOR OUR OPENING STATEMENTS.
           AND I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER SENATORS WHO WANT TO
           MAKE OPENING STATEMENTS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND SO,
           I'M SURE THAT WHATEVER AGREEMENT THAT THE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY

           AND I MIGHT WANT ALONG WITH THE SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN MIGHT
           WANT TO ENTER INTO WOULD CLEARLY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT
           THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF OPENING STATEMENTS THAT A NUMBER OF
           SENATORS WILL HAVE TO MAKE. MR. PRESIDENT, I YIELD THE FLOOR.

           MR. MCCONNELL: MR. PRESIDENT?
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN.
           

           MR. FEINGOLD: I CERTAINLY -- HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE SENATOR
           FROM KENTUCKY LAYING OUT AN AMENDMENT THIS EVENING. BEFORE HE
           DOES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE COLLOQUY WE
           LISTENED TO. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT
           WE HAD WITH THE MAJORITY LEADER, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT
           SENATOR MCCAIN SAID. IS THAT THIS WAS TO BE A FIVE-DAY DEBATE.
           AND THE CRITICAL ISSUE HERE IS ON WHAT DAY THE CLOTURE MOTION
           CAN BE FILED. IT IS CERTAINLY MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BASED ON
           THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD THAT THE CLOTURE MOTION CAN'TING
           FILED UNTIL MONDAY, MEANING THAT THE CLOTURE VOTE COULDN'T
           OCCUR UNTIL WEDNESDAY. THAT IS HOW I'M GOING TO PROCEED, AND I

           ASSUME THAT'S THE GOOD-FAITH UNDERSTANDING. THIS WAS NOT --
           THIS AGREEMENT WAS NOT HAMMERED OUT OF PURE GOOD FAITH. THIS
           WAS BASED, AS IT SHOULD BE IN THE SENATE, ON OUR WILLINGNESS TO
           WITHDRAW AN AMENDMENT FROM A PIECE OF LEGISLATION AT ANOTHER
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