[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 14, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S1135]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we will start a series of 
votes on motions to instruct conferees with respect to the tax relief 
bill. There could be up to as many as 16 votes on these motions and, 
therefore, votes will be kept to 10 minutes in length. I hope there 
will be fewer votes, and we will be working this morning to see if 
there is any way to lessen that number. Voting will begin momentarily, 
and thus Members should stay close to the Chamber today during these 
stacked votes so that we can move expeditiously. We will be recessing 
for lunch to accommodate the party luncheons, and we will lock in the 
time for that recess later in the morning. I would expect that we would 
continue the voting sequence around 2:15 after the luncheons today.
  Following the appointment of conferees to the tax relief bill, we 
will be returning to the asbestos bill. As Members know, we filed 
cloture on the asbestos bill last night and that vote is scheduled to 
occur Wednesday morning.


                          Filing of Amendments

  Under the rule, first-degree amendments need to be filed by 1 p.m. 
today to be considered in order postcloture. We will likely be in 
recess at that time, so I ask unanimous consent that the deadline be 
until 2:30 today.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, when we return to the asbestos bill later 
today, we have the motion to waive pending, and we will be talking to 
the two managers this morning to determine the best time for that vote 
to occur today. Having said that, we are going to have a very busy day 
with votes, and Senators should not stray far from the Chamber in order 
to not miss any votes so that we can accomplish all that we have set 
out to do over the course of the day.
  We are ready to start with the motions and voting. Chairman Grassley 
is on his way. We can have the Senator from Massachusetts start, if he 
is ready. Senator Grassley should be here within the next couple of 
minutes.

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