[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 64 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, this 
morning the Senate will resume consideration of the Owen nomination. 
Under the order, at 10:15 the Senate will proceed to a rollcall vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Priscilla Owen to be 
a circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit. If cloture is not invoked, the 
Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of Edward Prado to be 
circuit judge. It is hoped we will reach a short time agreement with a 
vote on that nomination to occur by early afternoon.
  In addition to the Owen and Prado nominations, the Senate may also 
consider the Cook nomination. As the majority leader stated last night, 
we have attempted to work out a unanimous consent agreement to process 
these judicial nominations. Unfortunately, we were unable to reach an 
understanding last night. There continues to be hope that as these 
nominations are considered we would be able to reach reasonable time 
limitations for their consideration.
  In addition, the leader is still working toward agreements for 
considering and completing a number of other legislative matters, 
including the FISA legislation, the State Department authorization 
bill, the Bioshield legislation, or additional judicial nominations 
during today's session. Therefore, Senators should expect rollcall 
votes throughout the day.

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