[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S1670]
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SENATE AGENDA
Mr. REID. Madam President, I have a brief statement that I know
everyone is excited to hear, but everyone should be advised that when
we return after next week, there is so much, so much to do. We need to
pass the Ukrainian bill that Foreign Relations reported yesterday. We
have a new bipartisan unemployment insurance compromise introduced
today that was put together by a group of bipartisan Senators. We have
the SGR, the so-called doc fix, to prevent a 24-percent cut in Medicare
payments to doctors, which would be extremely hurtful to patients. We
have to do that. We have a backlog of nominations we have to do.
Everyone should understand--I hope it is not necessary--because of
the enormous amount of work we have to do this month, Senators should
be on notice--all Senators--that there is a high probability that we
need to be in session on the weekend of March 29 and 30, before the end
of the month.
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