recnized that senator reid be recognized to offer a substitute amendmente at the desk. four hours of debate equallyur u divided between the two leaders and ade vote on relation to the substitute amendment.n the upon disposition of the - let read that again, mr. president. sorry about that. between for now was divided between the two leaders were the designees, prior to the vote in theo ame substitute amendment upon the df disposition of the substitute amendment the senate proceed to a vote on passageproceed to of f amended.mended with no intervening action or or debate and that no motion or no amendments be ordered to the substitute amendment or the bill prior to the votes and the substitute amendment on the bilt be subject to the threshold and that h.r. one as amended if. 1 amended doesn't achieve a votevo would return to the calendar. i >> is their option? >> i would like to object and o. for the short term i am going to object at least for today. we've received a 350 page amendment at 11:45.eed we need to have a chance of foro the weekend to take a look at o what our

we have about five amendmentes pending. senator cornyn would like his amendment spend z pending. senator hutchison is here to speak about two -- two amendments that she may want to have pending. and senator johanns is on the floor to speak on the underlying mcconnell amendment. so what i would like to do is ask for a unanimous consent in a few minutes to try to get one or two votes set up for 6:00, potentially get these other amendments pending and set a time for votes tomorrow, so we can move through. we want to have as open a debate as possible. but we also really want to focus on the bill at hand, which is the small business, you know, reauthorization act, and related measures -- and many of these are somewhat related to johns and economy -- to jobs jobs and economy here. we're trying to be as orderly, as appropriate as members have come down to the floor, in the order thew they'v that they've . mr. cornyn: i would object to any unanimous consent requests until we have some understanding about when i'll be allowed and others will be allowed to offer their amendments. ms. landr