[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the Senate will resume consideration 
of the Defense authorization bill. There are seven pending amendments 
at this time, with two of those being second-degree amendments.
  As I stated Friday, I expect rollcall votes at 5:30 today on some of 
the pending amendments, or others that may be offered over the course 
of the afternoon.
  At this time no votes have been set, but I will be consulting with 
the chairman and ranking member as to which amendments will be ready 
for rollcall votes this evening. We expect at least a couple of votes 
today on Defense amendments. As always, we will alert Members as those 
are set.
  This is now the fourth week of consideration of this bill. The Senate 
began consideration of the Defense authorization on May 17. Since that 
time, we have had a number of challenges with respect to the schedule, 
but I think we have had adequate time to debate and consider this very 
important bill.
  I vitiated the scheduled cloture vote last week, given a good-faith 
effort to complete this bill. Now is the time to work to bring this 
bill to an end.
  Following tonight's votes, I hope we can stack additional votes for 
Tuesday morning, with a further agreement as to what remains. We will 
be prepared to stay late tomorrow if necessary in order to finish this 
bill. I expect Members to be prepared for that event.
  Last, I have two scheduling reminders for Senators. The official 
photograph will be taken tomorrow at 2:15. Senators should be seated 
promptly at their desks at 2:15 for that photograph.
  Second, there is a possibility of a Members only briefing on Iraq for 
Wednesday at 3 p.m. Once again, we will alert all Senators when this is 
all confirmed.

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