[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 171 (Monday, December 20, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S10774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the New START 
treaty. We have two amendments now pending to the treaty--the Thune 
amendment regarding delivery vehicles and the Inhofe amendment 
regarding inspections. We hope to vote in relation to the Thune 
amendment between 12 and 1 p.m. today and dispose of the Inhofe 
amendment later this afternoon.
  At 1:30, the Senate will recess and reconvene at 2 p.m. in closed 
session in the Old Senate Chamber. Following the closed session, the 
Senate will reconvene in open session in the Senate Chamber. We are 
going to be out of session for that one-half hour period of time to 
allow the final sweeps to be completed.
  As a reminder, last night cloture was filed on the continuing 
resolution and the START treaty. The cloture vote on the continuing 
resolution will occur at a time to be determined tomorrow morning. We 
need to act as quickly as possible; the current CR expires tomorrow at 
midnight. The filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the START 
treaty is 1 p.m. today. Senators will be notified if any votes are 
scheduled today.
  Mr. President, I would also say that, to my friends on the other side 
of the aisle, we could advance these votes not necessarily on the START 
treaty, but we certainly could on the CR and get that out of the way 
later today. We have two issues we are going to have to vote on. One is 
the START treaty, we have to complete work on that, and we have to 
complete work on the 9/11 bill for the emergency workers who have been 
devastated with illnesses as a result of all the toxins they inhaled 
during the time they were working there. Some are really ill. So I hope 
we can get that done quickly.
  I am working with the Republican leader on nominations. We have made 
a little progress on that. I hope to do better. I look forward to 
cooperation to finish this work. Last year, we were here at this time 
up until Christmas Eve. I hope we don't have to do that this year. It 
certainly wouldn't be to the liking of everyone here. We don't need to 
be. I hope everyone will cooperate and let us move forward.

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