[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MAJORITY PARTY APPOINTMENTS

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, let me also give my colleagues a very 
short update on progress made on the committee resolutions. As I said 
earlier, I think I said it last night and this morning, and I will say 
it once again, we are making progress. We are making progress, again, 
in a very cooperative, bipartisan way. I mentioned my previous 
conversations with the Democratic leader have set as our goal to have 
these committee resolutions passed as soon as possible, and everybody 
is working in good faith.
  I am very hopeful that tonight--as they say, in 10 minutes, in 15, or 
in 30 minutes, but whenever final agreement is reached--I will come to 
the floor and I will be able to do that, and I expect to be able to do 
that by unanimous consent.
  Again, it is confusing to people because we have the underlying 
committee resolutions. But by unanimous consent agreement, we are 
proceeding with this very important appropriations proposal and bill. I 
am glad we are addressing that. Again, we are making progress on that.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I would like to ask a question of either 
the manager of the bill or the majority leader.
  According to the agreement, an up-or-down vote did not seem to be 
agreed to on the amendment.
  Mr. STEVENS. No. We have agreed to have an up-or-down vote on the 
amendment.
  Mr. BYRD. I thank the Senator.

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