[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20091]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 14, the Energy bill. Under the order, the Cantwell 
second-degree amendment to the electricity amendment will be debated 
for 2\1/2\ hours. Following the disposition of that amendment, we will 
have 60 minutes prior to the cloture vote on the Estrada nomination. 
This will be the seventh cloture vote on his nomination.
  Following the cloture vote, we will resume the electricity amendment 
and, hopefully, we will reach an agreement for the consideration of the 
two Bingaman second-degree amendments on electricity. The chairman has 
stated it is his desire for the Senate to work its will on those second 
degrees and then vote on the underlying electricity amendment. We hope 
to reach an agreement to allow for that to occur at a reasonable time 
this afternoon. In addition, there have been discussions about debating 
and voting in relation to several climate-related amendments during 
today's session. I certainly hope we can reach reasonable time limits 
on the amendments as we go forward, so we can have a productive day on 
the Energy bill. Senators should be prepared to work into the evening 
with votes as we move through the remaining amendments.

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