[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, December 9, and 
it is our hope that we will be able to consider the omnibus 
appropriations conference report that day. The conference report has 
been filed and this will give ample time for Members to review that 
measure. We will also consider any legislative or executive items that 
can be cleared by unanimous consent. I hope among those will be some of 
these 95 innocent nominees who were caught up in the obstructionism in 
the Senate. Hopefully, during the Thanksgiving recess, we will come 
back with a different attitude and clear the nominees. One issue we 
need to address is the pension rate bill, and we will continue to work 
toward finishing that bill when we return.
  I will announce, no rollcall votes will occur that day. So obviously 
on that day what we will be able to do will be done by consent.
  We wish everyone a pleasant Thanksgiving holiday and hope when we 
come back on December 9 we will be able to do some of the Nation's 
unfinished business.

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