[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10389]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, on 
Monday the Senate will be in a period of morning business until 12:45. 
Following morning business, the Senate will begin consideration of the 
Cook nomination to the Sixth Circuit. Under the agreement entered into 
earlier today, there will be up to 4 hours of debate on the nomination 
prior to a vote on confirmation. Therefore, the first vote on Monday 
will occur at 4:45 p.m.
  Upon the disposition of the Cook nomination, the Senate will debate 
the nomination of Miguel Estrada until 6 p.m. At 6 p.m., the Senate 
will conduct its fifth cloture vote on the Estrada nomination.
  In addition to judicial nominations, the Senate may proceed to any of 
the following items next week: The NATO expansion bill, the energy 
bill, the bioshield legislation, the State Department authorization 
bill, the FISA legislation, and any other items that can be cleared for 
floor action. Therefore, I encourage our colleagues to prepare for a 
very busy week, with numerous rollcall votes occurring throughout next 
week.

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