[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 38 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S1495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SCHEDULE
Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, the Senate will be
in a period of morning business for an hour--The majority will control
the first half, Republicans the final half. Following morning business,
the Senate will resume consideration of the surface transportation
bill.
As most know, late last night we reached an agreement to move forward
on the highway bill. Under the order that has been issued, I can
schedule those votes anytime after consultation with the Republican
leader, so we have some 30 votes to complete today. We will see how
this works. I think we will have the first vote about 2:15 today and
start working through these amendments.
There is not going to be a lot of debate, so if anybody wants to
speak on these amendments they better come over after the morning
business hour and start telling people how they feel about some
amendments, because there is not going to be a lot of time during the
voting on the amendments.
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