[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2297]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this morning, following the 60 minutes 
of morning business, we will resume debate on the bankruptcy 
legislation. Yesterday, by a vote of 69 to 31, we were able to invoke 
cloture on the bill; therefore, we will finish the bill this week. Once 
we return to the bill this morning, there will be 40 minutes of debate 
prior to a series of votes on four of the pending amendments. These 
four votes can be expected to begin at around 11:30 this morning.
  We will continue to work through the pending germane amendments to 
see which are ready for rollcall votes. And I presume we will have 
another series of votes later on today. We encourage Senators who have 
pending amendments to review whether they really need to ask for a 
recorded vote on each of their amendments. Perhaps we can further limit 
the number of amendments that will require rollcall votes so we can 
finish this bill at a reasonable hour, even today.
  I thank my colleagues for their hard work on the bill. We are on the 
cusp here, on the verge of completing another very important piece of 
legislation in the early part of this Congress. We would like to wrap 
it up today if at all possible.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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