[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 103 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S7323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. The first hour, as the Chair will shortly announce, will be 
a period of morning business. The Republican leader has control of the 
first half, and the Democratic leader has control of the second half.
  At 10:30, we will begin consideration of the motion to waive the 
Budget Act with respect to the Rockefeller amendment. There will be 1 
hour of debate on that and a vote thereafter.
  Last night, a unanimous consent agreement was entered into between 
the two leaders that allows the majority leader to call up the 
legislative branch appropriations bill, which probably will be done 
sometime today. Following that, we may even go to the Defense bill. The 
order is we go to that before next Wednesday.
  In the meantime, there is work being done. People worked in the 
Capitol until late last night trying to come up with some sort of 
amendment dealing with prescription drugs. We need a bipartisan 
agreement on that. It was a bipartisan group meeting last night.
  The Senator from Oregon, the junior Senator from Oregon, Senator 
Smith, wishes to speak for a few minutes now, and I ask unanimous 
consent he be allowed up to 3 minutes to speak.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senator from Oregon.

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