[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, good morning to everyone on this pleasant 
Saturday morning.
  Today the Senate convenes for a rare weekend session. I believe it 
reflects our commitment to completing the very important business that 
has a direct impact on Americans. That is why we are here. We have 
important business before us and we will complete that business.
  This morning, we will have the concluding remarks and amendments to 
the Senate intelligence and homeland security reform resolution under 
last night's order. At 11:15, we will begin the series of rollcall 
votes, which will conclude our action on this resolution. There will be 
anywhere from three to five votes, depending on the number of 
amendments that have been worked out. The final vote in the sequence 
will be on a sense-of-the-Senate resolution on agricultural disasters.
  Today, we will also consider any available conference reports that 
arrive from the House, and that includes appropriation measures, as 
well as the Department of Defense authorization.
  We also have an agreement that the cloture vote on the FSC JOBS 
conference report will occur at 1 p.m. on Sunday. I hope that cloture 
is invoked and, once invoked, on the JOBS legislation, we can move 
expeditiously toward passage of that conference report.
  With that said, although we have made great progress toward finishing 
the remaining items on our agenda, there is still work to do. 
Individual members will ultimately determine how long the Senate will 
remain to complete our business. As I have stated repeatedly, we will 
stay in session until our work is done. I ask those individual Members 
to give consideration to the business we have before us and to our 
commitment on completing this business, and that they give every 
consideration to scheduling in that regard.
  We are here through the weekend to work toward our goal, and I will 
continue to work with Senators to see if we can expedite our schedule 
for finishing.

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