[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 12625]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we will resume consideration 
of the Defense authorization bill. Under the order, Senator Bond will 
offer an amendment relating to energy employees, and I understand there 
may be a modification to the amendment. Therefore, the amendment may be 
accepted without a recorded vote.
  The chairman and ranking member also discussed the possibility last 
night of considering several missile defense amendments this morning, 
and I defer to the chairman as to what debate times will be necessary 
on these amendments after discussion with the ranking member. I do 
anticipate rollcall votes will be required in relation to these 
amendments.
  We will have a very busy session today as we continue to make 
progress on the Defense authorization bill. I am pleased with the 
progress that is being made, though last night I did file cloture on 
the bill as a necessary tool, in my mind, to facilitate and help bring 
the bill to closure.
  We will continue to discuss the issue of how best to bring the bill 
to closure. I am in constant discussion with the Democratic leadership 
and with the ranking member and the chairman as to how we can best 
finish this important bill. We will be updating the Senate over the 
course of the day as to our progress.
  Once again, I remind our colleagues that we will continue to schedule 
votes on judges throughout each day's session. We will set votes on 
those judicial nominations as we set votes on the defense amendments 
over the course of the day. I do want to thank Chairman Warner and 
Senator Levin for their tremendous work on the bill thus far, and I 
look forward to another very full and very complete day.
  I will defer for a minute as far as the schedule goes.

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