[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12985-S12986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, under the order from last night, the Senate 
will conduct a period of morning business until 11:30 this morning. 
During morning business, the first 30 minutes will be under the control 
of Senator Hutchison, the second block of 30 minutes will be under the 
control of the Democratic leader or his designee, and the final 60 
minutes will be equally divided for Senators to speak.
  Following this time, at 11:30 the Senate will resume debate on the 
motion to proceed to S. 1751, the class action fairness bill. At 12:30 
p.m., the Senate will proceed to the vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1751. This cloture vote will be 
the first vote of today's session. I am hopeful that cloture will be 
invoked today and that we are able to proceed to the legislation for 
debate and amendments.
  If we are to begin consideration of the class action measure, I also 
hope to reach an agreement on amendments to the bill which would allow 
us to finish the bill this week. I will be talking to the Democratic 
leadership about an agreement for later today, if the cloture vote is 
successful.
  Again, I remind Members that we continue to work on time agreements 
for the consideration of a number of issues--the fair education credit 
reporting legislation, the anti-spam bill, the Internet tax moratorium 
measure, the Healthy Forests bill, the CARE Act, as well as nominations 
that are available on the Executive Calendar.
  This is not an exclusive list, and we continue to process legislation 
each day as legislative items are cleared for floor action.
  We have a lot of work to do in the few remaining weeks left in the 
session. It will require some give on both sides of the aisle. I hope 
Members will allow us to reach agreements to consider legislation so 
that we can use the remaining floor time in an efficient manner.

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