[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S6451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will 
resume consideration of the FISA legislation. There will be about 2 
hours of debate prior to a series of votes; therefore, Senators should 
expect a series of up to five votes beginning about 11:15 or 11:30 
today.
  We have a series of extremely important votes today. Every one of 
these FISA votes is very important. Likely, most of them will not be 
very close. That is what I have been told by my staff, but I really 
don't know whether that is the case. But on these votes, everyone 
should be here on time. We are getting a little out of the habit of 
being here on time. If there is a close vote, the Republican leader 
knows that we hold that open to make sure a vote is not decided because 
someone is not here if they are in the area. But that is rarely the 
case. Of all the many votes we have here, there are not too many that 
are that close. So everyone today should understand that we are going 
to enforce the 15-minute rule and the 10-minute rule. I hope everyone 
will be here ready to vote when the time comes.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote sequence for 
amendments with respect to H.R. 6304 be as follows: Dodd, Specter, 
Bingaman; with all other provisions of the previous order remaining in 
effect.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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