[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S5793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the Senate will be in a period for 
morning business until 12 noon. Following morning business, the Senate 
will begin consideration of the NATO expansion treaty. This treaty is a 
necessary step to include seven new member countries in the NATO 
alliance.
  Under the previous order, the Senate will debate the treaty and 
dispose of all amendments during today's session. I advise my 
colleagues that rollcall votes are possible with respect to the two 
amendments to the resolution of ratification. Once those amendments are 
disposed of during today's session, the Senate will set aside the 
treaty, so the Senate will vote on the adoption of the resolution of 
ratification at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
  As a reminder, cloture motions were filed on the nominations of both 
Priscilla Owen and Miguel Estrada. This will be the second attempt to 
end the filibuster on the Owen nomination and our sixth effort with 
respect to Miguel Estrada. The cloture votes on Owen and Estrada will 
occur during Thursday's session.
  In addition, I want to inform all Members that negotiations are 
ongoing to continue to clear several important pieces of legislation 
for floor action. These items include the State Department 
authorization bill, the bioshield bill, air cargo security legislation, 
the FAA reauthorization bill, the FISA legislation, and a number of 
pending nominations. Therefore, Members should anticipate additional 
votes throughout the day.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, while the distinguished majority leader is 
in the Chamber, I wonder if he has any idea how much time he wants for 
the debate on the two cloture motions tomorrow or are we just going to 
vote on them?
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I have not talked to our caucus about that, 
but I will get back to Senator Reid shortly so we can plan out the day 
tomorrow.
  Mr. REID. The other question I have is, we have people ready to offer 
amendments on the energy bill. Is the majority leader still planning on 
spending some time on that bill tomorrow?
  Mr. FRIST. The plan is to be on the energy bill and continue the 
debate and start the amendment process tomorrow, Thursday. The plan is 
to hopefully start that--although I am not sure--in the morning after 
we finish the vote.

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