[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 12998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. On Monday, the Senate will resume consideration of the 
Defense authorization bill. There are currently seven amendments 
pending to the bill. Additional amendments will be offered and debated 
on Monday afternoon. Those Senators who still wish to offer amendments 
should contact the bill managers so they can schedule time for 
consideration of the amendments, although we are certainly not 
encouraging any additional amendments. We have quite enough.
  Chairman Warner and Senator Levin will be here Monday to work through 
any remaining amendments. Any votes ordered with respect to defense 
amendments will be stacked to occur at approximately 5:30 on Monday. 
The leader expects that we will have more than one vote on Monday 
evening.
  Also, I remind my colleagues that last night the majority leader 
vitiated the cloture motion with respect to the Defense bill. He did so 
with the expectation that we will finish this bill on Tuesday of next 
week. It is our hope that we will continue to work in good faith on 
Monday to move toward completion of this important Defense bill. 
Senators can expect a busy week next week as we conclude our business 
prior to the scheduled recess.

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