[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, the Senate will immediately resume 
consideration of S. 1, the prescription drug benefits and Medicare 
bill. There are approximately 33 pending amendments from last week and 
yesterday. We continue to make good progress. Under the order from last 
night, we have two consecutive votes this morning at 11 o'clock on the 
Rockefeller amendment No. 976 and the Bingaman amendment No. 984. Also, 
last night we reached an agreement to vote at 2:25 this afternoon in 
relation to the Dodd amendment No. 969 on open enrollments. This 
morning, the two managers will be working through the pending 
amendments and will attempt to set up additional votes for this 
afternoon.
  I reiterate once again we will finish this bill this week, possibly 
Thursday night. It could be a very late Thursday night. I predict it 
will be a late night tonight, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, and 
Thursday night. If we spill over to Friday or even Saturday, we will 
finish this bill before the recess. I do encourage Members to come 
forward with their amendments as soon as possible and make those 
available to the managers if you plan on offering those amendments. We 
have a lot of work to do. The cooperation of Members will be very much 
appreciated over the next 2, 3 days.

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