[Senate Calendars for May 12, 2006 - 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
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                       SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                       ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

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   FIRST SESSION  convened january 4, 2005          DAYS OF SESSION 159
                  adjourned december 22, 2005
  SECOND SESSION  convened january 3, 2006          DAYS OF SESSION 58
                    

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                          Friday, May 12, 2006

                                     

                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:30 A.M.






                            PENDING BUSINESS

                         S. 1955 (ORDER NO. 417)

    A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 
1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and 
reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and 
through modernization of the health insurance marketplace. (May 10, 
2006.)

                 (Unanimous Consent Agreements on P. 2)



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           PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
                         SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

                 By David J. Tinsley, Legislative Clerk

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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                         S. 2611 (ORDER NO. 414)

    1.--Ordered, That on Monday, May 15, 2006, at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader, after consultation with the 
Democratic Leader, the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. 2611, a 
bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other 
purposes, or a House bill on which the Senate and House conference, 
using the language of S. 2611; provided that when the Senate agrees to a 
request for a conference or the Senate requests a conference on S. 2611 
or a House bill, as amended with the language of S. 2611, as amended, if 
amended, the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the 
Senate with the ratio of conferees being 14 to 12; provided further, 
that from that ratio, the first 7 Republic Senators from the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the first 5 Democratic Senators from the Committee 
on the Judiciary be conferees; further, that the Majority Leader select 
the final 7 conferees for the Majority side and the Democratic Leader 
select the final 7 conferees for the Minority side. (May 11, 2006.)

                                 H.R. 22

    2.--Ordered, That with respect to H.R. 22, an act to reform the 
postal laws of the United States, provided it shall not be in order for 
the Senate to consider any conference report or any House amendments to 
H.R. 22, if it would cause a net increase in on or off budget direct 
spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods 
beginning in 2016-2055, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. 
(Feb. 9, 2006.)

                                 S. 295

    3.--Ordered, That the Majority Leader, after consultation with the 
Democratic Leader, shall no later than September 29, 2006, or the last 
day of the second session of the 109th Congress, whichever is earliest, 
call up S. 295, a bill to authorize appropriate action if the 
negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's 
undervalued currency are not successful; provided that if the bill has 
not been reported by then by the Committee on Finance it be discharged 
at that time and the Senate proceed to the consideration thereof; that 
there be 2 hours for debate equally divided between the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Democratic Leader, or his designee, that no 
amendments or motions be in order, including committee amendments, that 
after the use or yielding back of time, the bill be read a third time 
and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of the bill, with no 
intervening action or debate. (July 1, 2005, Mar. 29, 2006.)

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                                 2005
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     January 04, 06, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31.
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     February 01, 02, 03, 07, 08, 09, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28.
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     March 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21.
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     April 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28.
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     May 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26.
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     June 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30.
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     October, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31.
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     November, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
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     December, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30.
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