[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20901]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Good morning to the Chair and everyone listening today.
  We will have a brief period of morning business for 30 minutes, with 
the first half under the control of the majority and the second 15 
minutes under the control of the minority. We will then resume debate 
on the intelligence reform bill.
  Yesterday, we did invoke cloture on the bill by a vote of 85 to 10; 
therefore, we will conclude this bill today.
  This morning the managers will be here and will have additional 
cleared amendments to consider prior to a series of stacked votes, 
which are to begin at 11:30 this morning. In addition to those 
amendments that can be worked out, Senators may want to come to the 
Chamber to make closing remarks on the bill.
  The order from last night provides for the Senate to begin voting at 
11:30 on the pending amendments that will require rollcall votes. It is 
expected some of the pending amendments will be accepted after some 
modifications, or possibly withdrawn.
  In any event, the voting sequence today will be lengthy. Therefore, 
Members should be prepared to remain close to the Chamber during that 
time. I expect to limit the votes to 10 minutes after the first vote in 
order to expedite passage of the bill.
  I remind my colleagues that at the conclusion of the pending 
intelligence reform bill, we will begin consideration of the resolution 
relating to the Senate's intelligence restructuring. Our distinguished 
whips will have a proposal to put forth and we will begin work on that 
later today. Therefore, additional votes will occur following the 
completion of the Collins-Lieberman bill.
  Lastly, I add that before we finish our business on Friday, which is 
our goal, we will consider any of the available conference reports, 
specifically, those of Homeland Security appropriations and FSC/ETI, if 
those are available.

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