[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 48 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S3635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we will start with a 30-minute period 
of morning business. Therefore, shortly after 10 a.m., we will return 
to the consideration of the supplemental appropriations bill. We now 
have approximately 13 amendments pending. One of those has been divided 
into 18 divisions; therefore, that amendment could require up to 18 
votes before we dispose of it.
  Needless to say, we will have rollcall votes throughout the day as we 
work our way through these amendments. At this point, there appears to 
be an unending flow of amendments and we will gauge our progress at the 
end of business today. I want Members to have the opportunity to offer 
amendments, but at some point it may be necessary to file a cloture 
motion to ensure that we finish this emergency supplemental sometime 
next week.
  In the meantime, I encourage Senators to work with the managers to 
schedule their amendments, and perhaps there will be an opportunity for 
some of the votes to be accepted without the need for floor debate or a 
vote.
  I will have a brief statement on another issue, unless the Democratic 
leader wants to comment on the schedule. We are going to have a busy 
day. I ask our colleagues to be cooperative. This is a supplemental 
emergency bill and we need to proceed efficiently--with patience but 
efficiently.
  I wish to comment on another very important issue. We have so many 
things going on today and over the course of the week, with a focus on 
energy, with a lot of work being done not on the floor but in 
committees and in working groups and task forces to address the 
skyrocketing prices of gasoline. We have a pensions conference report 
on the way, and a tax increase prevention act conference report is 
underway.

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