[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 142 (Monday, September 24, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S11967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SCHEDULE
Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are going to be in a period of morning
business until shortly after 3 o'clock, with the time equally divided
and controlled. The majority will control the first part, with Senator
Byrd taking our time. The final portion will be controlled by the
Republicans.
Shortly after 3 p.m., the Senate will proceed to the conference
report to accompany H.R. 1495, the Water Resources Development Act. The
debate time on that conference report will extend until quarter to 6
tonight. The majority manager, Senator Boxer, and Senator Inhofe will
be here shortly after 3 to proceed forward with the debate.
Mr. President, I have to comment on this remarkable piece of
legislative work. Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe--you could have no
two different political ideologies than the two of them. One is the
chairman of the committee, one is the ranking member. That was
reversed--Inhofe was the chairman, Boxer was the ranking member last
year. They worked together well last year, and they worked extremely
well together this year, as evidenced by this bill, which I think sets
a good example for all of us here. You do not have to have ideological
parity to get things done around here. This is a good example of that.
The vote on the conference report is expected around 5:45 p.m. today.
This could never, ever have been accomplished without these two
Senators working together. Once the Senate completes action on the
conference report this evening, we will decide what we have to do. We
have a lot to do this week. I am going to spend some time with the
Republican leader and determine how we are going to accomplish what we
have to do.
We have, perhaps, SCHIP, we have a continuing resolution, we have a
debt limit extension, and we have to finish this bill, which means we
probably will not finish this bill this week, but it is something we
have to do. So everyone should watch closely what is going on, and we
will try to work our way through this. There have been a number of
procedural hurdles to get through.
I yield the floor.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican leader is
recognized.
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