[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 67 (Thursday, May 13, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S5383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today following my remarks and any remarks 
from the Democratic leader, we will have a period of morning business 
for up to 60 minutes. The order provides for the first 30 minutes to be 
controlled by the minority and the second 30 minutes to be controlled 
by the majority.
  Following the 60-minute period, we will resume consideration of S. 
1248, the IDEA--Individuals with Disabilities Education Act--
reauthorization bill. Yesterday we made very good progress on the bill 
and we now have an agreement to finish the bill early this afternoon.
  We do have one final outstanding issue on paper reduction, and we 
should then vote on final passage of the bill. I anticipate passage 
will occur somewhere between 11:30 and 12:30 today.
  I do want to congratulate both managers on their hard work on this 
very important piece of legislation. I thank them for allowing us to 
proceed through the legislation under a unanimous consent agreement.
  Later today I will also be discussing Executive Calendar nominations 
with the Democratic leader. I hope to begin scheduling consideration of 
those nominations, including the judicial nominees. We will have more 
to say on the nomination schedule later today.
  Finally, I want to remind everyone that next week we will be 
considering the Department of Defense authorization bill. Senators can 
expect busy sessions throughout the week, including votes on Monday. 
That will be late Monday afternoon.

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