[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10482]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. For the information of all Senators, tomorrow the 
Senate will be in a period for morning business until 10:30 a.m. 
Following morning business, the Senate will begin the consideration of 
the energy bill. Under the previous agreement, no amendments will be in 
order to the bill until Thursday, but Members are encouraged to come to 
the floor to debate the bill.
  In addition to the energy bill, the Senate may begin consideration of 
any of the following items tomorrow: State Department reauthorization 
bill, the air cargo security bill, the FAA reauthorization bill, the 
NATO expansion treaty, as well as any nominations that can be cleared. 
Therefore, Members should anticipate rollcall votes during tomorrow's 
session. I encourage Members to plan for a busy week with votes 
possible each day.
  I am going to put in a quorum call in the hopes that we can work out 
the agreement under which we were going to go to the NATO expansion 
bill before we leave tonight.
  Mr. REID. I say to my friend, we should be able to do this in the 
next few minutes, one way or the other.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I renew my previous unanimous-consent 
request related to the treaty consent of NATO expansion, with the 
following proviso: Provided further that the only amendments in order 
be the following: Warner-Levin-Roberts consensus suspension, 90 minutes 
equally divided; Dodd, administrative structure, 60 minutes equally 
divided, with relevant second degrees in order and limited to 60 
minutes as well.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the way I read this, we save 30 minutes. 
Isn't that right? It is.
  I have no objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, as I said earlier, looking at the 
remainder of the week, in addition to the energy bill, the Senate may 
begin consideration of any of the following items tomorrow: State 
Department reauthorization bill, the air cargo security bill, the FAA 
reauthorization bill, the NATO expansion treaty, as well as any 
additional nominations that can be cleared. Therefore, Members should 
anticipate rollcall votes during tomorrow's session. I encourage all of 
our Members to plan for a very busy week with votes possible each day.

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