[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 125 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10809-S10810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, yesterday the Senate began consideration 
of the DOD appropriations bill, the Defense appropriations bill. Today 
we had hoped to lock in an amendment filing deadline for Monday 
afternoon, but the other side has objected to that proposal. I know the 
majority leader and the chairman of the committee are disappointed we 
are unable to lock in a deadline. Next week is a very compressed work 
week due to the observance of Rosh Hashanah. It is very important we 
make progress on the Defense appropriations bill, given that short 
schedule. We also hoped to clear a number of nominations, including an 
Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security, several Assistant 
Secretaries at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the 
Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing. These are very important 
positions that we expected to confirm today. But, again, there has been 
an objection on the other side.

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  As the leader has previously announced, there will be no votes Monday 
or Tuesday in observance of the Jewish holiday, but we will be in 
session and Senators are encouraged to offer their amendments during 
that time. We will have stacked votes later in the day on Wednesday.

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