[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the Senate will begin consideration 
of the conference report to accompany the Iraq and Afghanistan 
supplemental bill. The order that was entered into on Thursday provided 
for the time until 5 p.m. today to be equally divided for debate. That 
conference report will be agreed to at 5. However, no rollcall vote 
will be necessary.
  Also under a previous consent agreement, the Senate will then debate 
the Interior appropriations conference report. There will be up to an 
hour of debate on that conference report prior to the vote. Senators 
should, therefore, expect a rollcall vote to occur sometime between 
5:30 and 6 today.
  We were also able to reach an agreement for consideration of the fair 
credit reporting bill. The chairman and ranking member of the Banking 
Committee have been working through the amendment list in an effort to 
facilitate its passage. I would anticipate beginning that bill either 
this evening or first thing tomorrow morning so we can finish the fair 
credit legislation early this week.
  Last week I also mentioned the expiration of the Internet tax 
moratorium. I had hoped to address an extension of that moratorium 
prior to that deadline. However, several Senators expressed their 
reservation about an agreement for that bill. At the close of last 
week, we were able to reach a consent agreement to proceed to the bill, 
most likely on Thursday of this week. We will also continue with the 
appropriations process as the conference reports become available.
  Nominations remain a focus of the Senate's attention. We will 
continue to work toward the scheduling of those nominations on the 
executive calendar. Another continuing resolution will be necessary by 
the close of business this week. Even with a short-term extension of 
the continuing resolution, we will still push to complete the remaining 
items at the earliest time this year.

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