[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 24 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S1555]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning, following the time for the 
two leaders, we will have a brief period for closing remarks related to 
S. 2271, the PATRIOT Act amendments legislation. The vote on passage of 
that bill is scheduled for 10 a.m. this morning. Immediately following 
that vote we will recess in order for the Senate to proceed to the 
House of Representatives for the joint meeting. The purpose of that 11 
a.m. joint meeting is to hear an address by the Prime Minister of 
Italy. We will return to business following that address at 12 noon to 
continue work on the PATRIOT Act. We will have a cloture vote on the 
underlying conference report to accompany the PATRIOT Act legislation.
  There are two additional procedural votes that may be requested from 
the other side of the aisle. We should not need those. I hope we do not 
have to proceed with those votes so we can expeditiously proceed to the 
cloture vote. If all of these votes are necessary, we could have three 
consecutive votes around noon today.
  Once cloture is invoked, we wish to work out a time for the adoption 
of the PATRIOT Act conference report with no further delay.
  In addition to the PATRIOT Act, we are working on a process to 
consider the LIHEAP bill introduced by the senior Senator from Maine. 
Yesterday I filed a cloture motion on the motion to proceed to that 
bill. I hope that will not be necessary, but I will continue to consult 
with Senators about a process that allows the Senate to vote on the 
underlying LIHEAP issue. In the meantime, this cloture vote would occur 
tomorrow unless some other agreement is worked out.
  Again, I remind our colleagues to be prompt for this morning's vote 
so we can recess on time and proceed to the joint meeting.

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