[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 54 (Thursday, April 28, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S4445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Today we will begin our session with a 1-hour period of 
morning business, and following morning business, the Senate will begin 
debate on the highway bill. Senator Inhofe has been on the floor over 
the course of the last 3 days and has encouraged Members to offer their 
amendments. I encourage them to do so at this time. I ask Senators to 
contact the chairman and ranking member if they do intend to offer an 
amendment so they can plan accordingly. We will make further progress 
on the bill today and tomorrow. Senators should not wait until the last 
minute to offer their amendments. Please come forward today and 
tomorrow with those amendments.
  Also, I remind everyone that last night we filed two cloture motions 
on two Cabinet-rank nominations: Rob Portman to be USTR, and Stephen 
Johnson to be Administrator of EPA. Those votes will occur on Friday 
unless we reach an agreement for a confirmation vote on those two 
important nominations.
  We will also consider the budget and supplemental conference reports 
when they are available. Members continued to work well into the 
evening last evening on both of these conference reports. The budget 
conference report, as my colleagues know, can be debated for up to a 
10-hour statutory limit.
  Having said that, Senators should be informed we have quite a bit of 
work to accomplish prior to our adjournment, and we are going to need 
to stay until we finish our business. Senators should expect rollcall 
votes each day.

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