[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11191-11192]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, 
tomorrow the Senate will be in a period of morning business, and when 
the reconciliation bill is received from the Finance Committee, the 
Senate will proceed to its consideration. Amendments are expected to be 
offered to the bill, and a late night is expected. Senators who wish to 
engage in the debate or to offer an amendment to the bill are 
encouraged to work with the bill managers so we can move forward in an 
orderly and efficient manner.

  For the remainder of the week, the Senate will complete action on the 
jobs/growth bill, and also consider both the bipartisan global HIV/AIDS 
bill and the debt limit legislation. In order for the Senate to 
complete action on these

[[Page 11192]]

measures, late nights and rollcall votes should be expected throughout 
the entire week. I therefore advise my colleagues to make the necessary 
scheduling arrangements.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, if the distinguished Senator will yield, as 
I have spoken to the distinguished assistant majority leader, we have 
on our side eight Senators who are scheduled tomorrow to go to the 
funeral of the late Senator Long. This is just for the information of 
the majority leader. Their plane leaves at 8 or 8:30 in the morning and 
returns at 7 o'clock in the evening. I know the majority is aware of 
that.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me say we are aware that there are 
a number of Senators going to Senator Long's funeral, and we have tried 
to craft this schedule in such a way as to accommodate those interests.

                          ____________________