[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, on 
Monday the Senate will resume consideration of the intelligence reform 
bill. Under the order, there will be a series of stacked votes 
beginning at 4:15 on Monday. That will be, in all likelihood, the first 
series of votes on Monday. Monday will be a very, very busy day, and 
there are likely to be many more votes after these stacked votes over 
the course of the day into the evening. In all likelihood, we will be 
voting and debating well into the evening on Monday in order that we 
can complete this bill early next week.
  The cloture motion I filed a few minutes ago will ripen on Tuesday 
morning, and that will determine the remaining action on this bill. 
Again, I will remind everyone that upon completion of this legislation, 
the pending legislation, the Collins-Lieberman bill, which focuses on 
executive reforms, we will also address the Senate intelligence reforms 
next week.
  As you can tell, there is a lot of work that needs to be done before 
the Senate adjourns. We will adjourn next Friday on October 8 after we 
address both of these issues. Again, I want to stress we have both of 
these important pieces of legislation we will address before departing. 
Thus, I anticipate very busy sessions between now and next Friday.
  As I mentioned earlier, we have had a very busy week, a very 
productive week. I thank all of our colleagues on both sides of the 
aisle for their patience and for their hard work. I thank the Presiding 
Officer, the Senator from Alabama, for his commitment this afternoon, 
and now into the evening, and for his steady hand at the gavel.
  I wish all a restful weekend.

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