[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S4646]
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PROGRAM
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we have made some progress on the
immigration bill. Tomorrow we will continue to work through this
complex bill, starting with the Kyl-Cornyn amendment, which is the
pending amendment. Senators can expect a vote on this amendment in the
morning. I remind everyone again that we still have many amendments to
consider and, therefore, I hope Senators will be reasonable and agree
to short time agreements.
As a reminder, Senators who have amendments to offer should be
working with the bill managers in order to have their amendments
debated and considered. Senators can expect a full day tomorrow, with
votes throughout the day. I would also say it will be necessary to
schedule sessions into the night to consider additional amendments.
I hope we can make great progress during the daylight hours. But if
we consume a lot of time on each amendment, it will be necessary to
continue into the evening with votes. As we have talked about now for
several weeks, it is important that we consider a large number of
amendments, a broad range of amendments, many to each section of this
bill. It will require the cooperation of all of our colleagues with
this goal in mind.
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