[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come 
before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in 
adjournment under the previous order following the remarks of Senator 
Daschle and Senator Byrd for up to 30 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Democratic leader is recognized.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, will the majority leader clarify 
something? It was my understanding that we were going to get an 
agreement that all amendments would have to be filed by 4 o'clock on 
Monday. I apologize; I came to the floor late and Senator Reid wasn't 
here and I just don't know. I have not had the opportunity to ask 
anybody about this. Would the Senator enlighten me as to the status of 
that?
  Mr. FRIST. Yes. It is something we have been working on back and 
forth for the last 24 hours, and that is the intention. We will try to 
get that early on Monday; we still have that goal for amendments to be 
filed. That is the intention. Because of various schedules today and 
the managers leaving at certain times, we didn't have everybody here to 
agree upon that, but that is the intention. When we come in early 
Monday, hopefully we can get that consent. I think both sides of the 
aisle agree that is the objective.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I thank the leader. And I, too, congratulate the Senator 
from Oregon for his leadership on an important piece of legislation. I 
hope we can get it to the President on time.

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