[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, one of the things we kicked around late 
yesterday was whether or not on this side we would agree to allow 
Deborah Cook to be voted on prior to Jeffrey Sutton. The answer is yes. 
I have spoken to the necessary parties--the majority leader, Senator 
Leahy--and we would be agreeable to have Cook be voted on at the time 
previously scheduled for Sutton. We would agree to do Sutton the 
following week under the same terms and conditions we had for him. That 
will be the Monday and Tuesday we get back. I have also spoken with 
Senator Harkin, who has concerns about Sutton and wanted considerable 
time to speak on that. He also agreed. That offer is out there if the 
majority wants to accept it.
  I also announce we have scheduled today at 10:30 the conference on 
the supplemental, so Members should know we are finally going to go to 
conference on that and hopefully complete that some time today.

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