[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S11008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, at 10:30 a.m., Chancellor Angela Merkel will 
address a joint meeting of Congress. Senators are encouraged to come to 
the floor now so that we may proceed as a body to the Hall of the House 
of Representatives.
  The Senate will recess from 10:15 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. for that 
joint meeting. At 11:30 a.m. the Senate will resume consideration of 
H.R. 3548, the Unemployment Benefits Extension Act of 2009, 
postcloture. I hope after the vote yesterday, we will not be required 
to use the 30 hours. It will run out sometime before midnight tonight. 
We should move on. We have other things to do. I have spoken to my 
counterpart, the Republican leader. We have a number of things we need 
to do before we leave here next Tuesday for the Veterans Day holiday. 
We can finish that now. Each thing we need to do can be done very 
quickly. If not, we will have to work through the weekend. I hope that 
is not necessary.
  Again, at 11:30 a.m., the Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 
3548, the Unemployment Benefits Extension Act. It is my hope that we 
will be able to yield back some of that postcloture debate time and 
proceed to the bill this afternoon.
  The Senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 to allow for the weekly 
caucus luncheons.
  Mr. President, there is something wrong with the system, so the bells 
and lights and whistles we normally hear around here won't be heard. We 
are going to have to go the old-fashioned way of looking at the clock.
  I ask the Chair to recess 3 minutes early.

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