[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14249]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. For the information of all Senators, tomorrow morning, 
following a period of morning business, the Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 14, the Energy Bill. Under a previous consent, at 
11 the Senate will proceed to executive session and debate the 
nomination of Richard C. Wesley to be a U.S. circuit judge. The Senate 
will vote on the Wesley nomination at 11:15 tomorrow morning. Following 
that vote, the Senate will return to the Energy Bill.
  There are currently two amendments relating to derivatives pending to 
that bill. It is my hope that if we cannot work out an agreement with 
respect to these amendments, we will be able to set the amendments 
aside and proceed with other energy-related amendments. We have made 
pretty good progress on the Energy Bill over the past week. We should 
continue to address and dispose of as many amendments as possible. 
Therefore, Senators should expect rollcall votes throughout the day 
tomorrow in relation to amendments to that bill.
  I also inform all of my colleagues that we anticipate locking in a 
final list of amendments to the Energy Bill during tomorrow's session.
  In addition to considering amendments to the Energy Bill, it remains 
my hope that we will be able to take up and pass the Burma sanctions 
bill tomorrow. We should have done it today. Hopefully we can do it 
tomorrow. There is currently, as the Senator from Nevada and I have 
discussed, difficulty in clearing that with Senator Baucus, and 
hopefully that will be cleared up by tomorrow.

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