[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the day will begin with consideration of the 
Labor-HHS Appropriations Act. Senators Harkin and Specter are managing 
this bill. We are going to have a party conference recess from 12:30 to 
2:15 today. There will be no rollcall votes prior to 2:15.
  I just left a meeting with the majority leader, Senator Daschle. He 
would like to be able to finish the business of the Senate as soon as 
possible. We have 3 weeks until the Thanksgiving holiday. There is a 
lot to do. Everybody recognizes that. We completed two appropriations 
bills that have been sent to the President. We hope to be able to 
complete this bill even today. That would be what the managers want. 
They have worked very hard to get to the point where we now are. The 
two managers are experienced in one of the most difficult bills we 
normally have. I think this year much of the difficulty has already 
been completed prior to its arriving on the floor.
  So I hope those people who wish to offer amendments will recognize 
that we are going to come up with a unanimous consent agreement really 
soon on a time when amendments must be submitted. We haven't completed 
that with the managers yet, but they agree that something should be 
done in that regard.

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