[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1774-S1775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following any leader remarks, there will be 
a period for the transaction of morning business until 10:30 this 
morning, with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. 
The Republicans will control the first half and the majority will 
control the final half.
  At 10:30 a.m., the Senate will resume consideration of S. 493, which 
is the small business jobs bill. We have been working through 
amendments on that legislation. Virtually every one of the amendments 
is not germane to the bill. That is OK. We are in the Senate, and that 
is how things work here. We have had scores of amendments filed. I am 
not going to file cloture on this bill today. We will work through the 
amendments, and maybe we can get a finite list of amendments when we 
come back. I hope we do not have to

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file cloture on this bill. As I said, this is an extremely important 
bill.
  Senator Landrieu was on a nationwide TV program today, and one of the 
commentaries--who, by the way, is a Republican, a former Member of 
Congress--said, and I am paraphrasing: Why would the Republicans want 
to hold up a jobs bill?
  This is a jobs bill. The small business matter now before the Senate 
is a jobs bill, just as we did with the patent bill, just as we did 
with the FAA bill. It is a jobs bill. We should move on. We should have 
the amendments focused on how to improve a jobs bill and not do all 
this other extraneous stuff that virtually, without exception, has 
nothing to do with this bill.
  At 12 noon, the Senate will proceed to consideration of H.J. Res. 48, 
the 3-week continuing resolution. There will be up to 3 hours of debate 
on that matter prior to a vote on passage of the joint resolution.
  Following the CR, there will be 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote 
on the confirmation of Calendar No. 11, the nomination of Amy Berman 
Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
District of Columbia.
  We are going to have a briefing this afternoon for Senators at 2 
o'clock dealing with the situation in the Middle East. That will be a 
classified briefing.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time used by my 
friend--he is my friend; I have the greatest respect for Senator 
Alexander; he is a true gentleman--that the time he used in his speech 
be deducted from the Republican's time in morning business this 
morning. They have the first run at morning business.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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