[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 49 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S3769]
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SCHEDULE
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this afternoon, the order provides for
resuming debate on the supplemental appropriations bill. I believe
after the remarks of the two leaders, there are a couple of Senators,
including our distinguished President pro tempore, who desire to speak
on other subjects. The chairman will then be ready to resume debate on
the pending emergency supplemental bill. I remind all Senators that I
filed a cloture motion on the bill last week and that vote will occur
tomorrow morning. In accordance with that cloture motion, all first-
degree amendments should be filed at the desk by 2:30 this afternoon.
We already have a large number of pending amendments that will need to
be disposed of. If we are able to invoke cloture on the bill tomorrow
morning, then it is my expectation to finish the bill no later than
Wednesday of this week. Therefore, we will have rollcall votes each day
of this week as we complete work on this appropriations bill.
Our first rollcall vote this week will occur this afternoon at 5:30.
We will have a vote on a district judge who was reported by the
Judiciary Committee last week. This week we may also consider the tax
relief extension conference report, if that conference report becomes
available. There is a 10-hour statutory limit on that measure, and we
will begin debate under that time limit as soon as that conference
report arrives from the House.
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