[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16005]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we will shortly resume consideration of 
S. 1, the prescription drug benefits bill. We have been in discussion 
with the distinguished assistant Democratic leader about votes later 
this morning. We hope to be able to have an announcement shortly about 
when the votes will commence. Obviously we will stay on this bill all 
day today. We will be finishing it this week, hopefully Thursday night. 
We are going to press forward and encourage Members to continue to 
offer their amendments. We will try to get votes as rapidly as we can.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the amendment I understand that has been the 
focus of so much the last few days is prepared and the two leaders are 
looking this over. We hope to be able to have a vote on that soon. In 
the meantime, I have a lot of amendments lined up that we can move on 
and I will work with my distinguished friend, the majority whip, in 
determining when we can do that. We hope in the next hour we will start 
a bunch of votes. We will work on that and the majority will make an 
announcement soon.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I yield the floor.

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