[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, there 
will be no further votes during today's session.
  We have had a productive, full week. I thank the managers on both 
sides of the aisle for today's work and the previous days' work.
  Earlier today, by a vote of 64 to 33, the Senate passed S. 3, the 
partial-birth abortion ban bill. I thank all Members on both sides of 
the aisle for their debate and their courtesies throughout the 
consideration of that bill.
  In addition, this week, we have been able to confirm five district 
judges and one circuit judge. Unfortunately, we were unable to reach a 
conclusion with respect to the Estrada nomination and, therefore, we 
will have the cloture vote, once again, on Tuesday.
  Next week, the Senate will proceed to the budget resolution. The 
Budget Act provides for 50 hours of consideration and, therefore, all 
Members should expect late sessions next week. Although we will begin 
the budget resolution on Monday, no votes will occur that day. 
Therefore, the next vote, on cloture, will occur Tuesday morning.

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