December 5, 1979
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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Who yields time?
Mr. MAGNUSON addressed the Chair.
Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, what is the pending business?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Pending business before the Senate is the amendment offered by the Senator from Delaware.
Mr. MAGNUSON. I ask unanimous consent that the pending business be temporarily laid aside so that I may present a motion.
Mr. STEVENS. How much time is required?
Mr. MAGNUSON. Five minutes.
Mr. MOYNIHAN. Would it be satisfactory to the Senator if I yielded him 5 minutes?
Mr. MAGNUSON. Yes. Well, there are some others. The Senator from Virginia is also interested in this.
Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I am happy to yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Washington and 1 minute within the 5 minutes to the Senator from Virginia.
Mr. MAGNUSON. And 2 minutes to the Senator from Alaska.
Mr. MOYNIHAN. Within the 5.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator be allowed to call up the bill to which he has reference.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Mr. MATSUNAGA. Mr. President, I object.
Mr. MAGNUSON. Who objected?
Mr. MATSUNAGA. I did. I have a request from the majority leader. He is on his way over.
Mr. MAGNUSON. The majority leader has cleared this.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. The majority leader has cleared it?
Mr. MAGNUSON. And the minority leader has cleared it. Everybody cleared it.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. The majority leader has cleared it?
Mr. MAGNUSON. Yes.
Mr. MATSUNAGA. He is on his way now.
Here he is.
Mr. ROTH. If it will expedite things, we are willing to yield back the remainder of our time.
Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, we are willing to yield back the remainder of our time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back.
Mr. MOYNIHAN. The Senator from Maine?
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, I raise a point of order under section 306 of the Budget Act.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending point of order having been raised subject to section 306 of the Budget Act, since the amendment in question clearly contains matter that is within the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee, the point of order is hereby sustained.
Mr. MUSKIE. I thank the Chair.