By unanimous consent, the Levin-McCain
amendment #1092 (contracting) was agreed to. The Senate is now considering the Paul
amendment #1064, with 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate will resume consideration of the Landrieu
amendment #1115 with up to 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. Upon the use or yielding back of that time, the Senate will proceed to votes in relation to the two amendments in the following order:
- Paul #1064 (Iraq)
- Landrieu #1115 (SBIR)
There will be two minutes equally divided in between the votes with no amendments in order to either amendment prior to the votes. Both amendments are subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold.
As a result of this agreement, senators should expect a series of 2 roll call votes at approximately 6:20pm, if all time is used.