[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3391-S3392]
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SCHEDULE
Mr. REID. Madam President, following leader remarks the Senate will
be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. this morning. The
majority will control the first half, the Republicans the final half.
Following morning business the Senate will resume consideration of S.
601, the Water Resources Development Act.
Order of Procedure
I ask unanimous consent that the full time, the full 1 hour, be given
to the Democrats, their half hour, and the Republicans, their half-
hour, and if the vote has to come a little later, we just need to get
that out of the way before our caucuses. And we could probably
terminate that at noon. That will be fine. So I ask unanimous consent
that the Democrats have their full half hour and the Republicans their
full half hour.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so
ordered.
Mr. REID. Following morning business, as I indicated, the Senate will
resume consideration of the Water Resources Development Act.
Madam President, I was in a meeting a few minutes ago. This is an
important bill, and it shows that one of the most liberal Members of
the Senate and one of the most conservative Members of the Senate--
Boxer and Vitter--can work extremely well together, as they have on
this bill. I hope we can have a finite list of amendments and not have
to invoke cloture because we would invoke cloture and I would rather
not do that. The filing deadline for all second-degree amendments to
the bill is 11:15 a.m. today. The managers continue to work to
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complete action on the bill. If no agreement is reached, there will be
a cloture vote at noon today.
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