[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 138 (Thursday, October 2, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will be in a period 
of morning business for 60 minutes. Following that time, the Senate 
will resume consideration of the supplemental appropriations for Iraq 
security. Pending will be the McConnell amendment, which is a sense of 
the Senate supporting our troops. There will be 40 minutes remaining 
for debate on that amendment and therefore that vote will occur shortly 
after 11 a.m. this morning.
  Following that vote, we will resume debate on the Biden amendment on 
tax rates. I understand there are a number of Members on both sides of 
the aisle who will want to speak to that amendment. Additional votes 
will occur throughout the day as we work through the pending 
amendments.
  I thank the two managers for their efforts thus far. I believe there 
is an understanding to rotate back and forth on the amendments and that 
will help to keep an orderly process throughout.
  I look forward to another day of constructive debate, and I encourage 
Members to communicate with the chairman and ranking member if they 
desire to offer an amendment to the bill. We need to work through these 
amendments in a sequential way, one at a time, so it is helpful if 
Senators will work in advance to schedule consideration of their 
amendments.
  In addition, there are four judges who are ready for consideration. I 
look forward to talking to the leadership on the other side of the 
aisle as to an appropriate time that we can schedule votes for them as 
well.

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