[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 5 (Sunday, January 11, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there will be no votes today and likely not 
tomorrow. We are waiting for President Bush and/or President-elect 
Obama as to what, if anything, they are going to do on TARP, and that 
is occurring as we speak. We are going to have a Democratic caucus at 
2:45. I ask Democratic Senators to attend. That will be in the LBJ 
Room, S-207.
  We are going to work with Senator Coburn to see if we have to be in 
all night. He has indicated--to staff, at least--that may not be the 
case, so we will work out a convenient time tomorrow. If Senator Coburn 
or others demand a simple majority vote, we can do that. We will work 
out a convenient time for everyone. That likely will occur tomorrow, 
but we hope people will not require that vote to take place. We will 
keep everyone advised as we proceed through the next 24 hours. I 
appreciate everyone's cooperation.
  I am sorry about the Sunday schedule. We have a lot to do. We already 
are looking to moving toward the next matter, which is Lilly Ledbetter. 
We have SCHIP, and then, of course, we move to the big one, and that is 
the economic recovery package. We look forward to having all the input 
the Democrats and Republicans have asked.
  Senator Inouye has been working on the appropriations part. There 
will be input from the committee and others. Senator Baucus has been 
working, as have other committee chairs, with the committees.
  I think we are in decent shape now to move forward on other things.

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