[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 518, the adjournment 
resolution, which is at the desk, provided that the concurrent 
resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 518) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 518

         Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative 
     day of Saturday, October 9, 2004, or Sunday, October 10, 
     2004, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, or 
     until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of 
     this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that 
     when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from 
     Saturday, October 9, 2004, through Friday, October 15, 2004, 
     on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by 
     its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or 
     adjourned until noon on Monday, November 15, 2004, or noon on 
     Tuesday, November 16, 2004, as may be specified in the motion 
     to recess or adjourn, or until such other time on either day 
     as may be so specified, or until the time of any reassembly 
     pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, 
     whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly 
     after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and 
     the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members 
     of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at 
     such place and time as they may designate whenever, in their 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I want to express my gratitude to a 
number of our colleagues who have worked with us to accomplish the 
multifaceted agreement that has now been put into place. I know this 
has been a very difficult and trying time for the entire Senate, and I 
know that my colleagues who have been to the floor and have expressed 
themselves over the last several days did so with the very best intent.
  I think this is the best resolution to accommodate the very 
understandable concerns they have, but also to allow the Senate to 
complete its work. We have much more that needs to be done when we come 
back, and obviously we are going to be working on that. But this does 
allow us to move forward on what I think has been a very consequential 
week. The FSC bill, the military construction bill, the Homeland 
Security bill, the 9/11 conference report, the legislative 
reorganization, we have been able to do a good deal of work in a very 
short period of time. This will culminate our effort to complete the 
work and to move forward.
  I appreciate very much their cooperation and their willingness to 
allow us to enter into this resolution.
  I ask unanimous consent that Senator Kennedy be recognized tomorrow 
to speak for up to 30 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, while the Democratic leader is here, I 
want to again thank both him and the assistant Democratic leader and my 
assistant leader as well and all the parties who have had to 
participate in bringing the agreement we just reached together. What it 
means is that tomorrow at noon, we will be having a rollcall vote and 
that the remainder of the bills I mentioned would be handled by voice 
vote tomorrow. But we will have a single rollcall vote tomorrow at 
noon.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I would concur it is our understanding 
that these matters will be handled by voice except for the FSC 
conference report. While we do not have it before the Senate at the 
moment, we will also be asking that Senator Boxer be recognized for 30 
minutes and that a resolution having to do with a provision she has 
been very involved with be taken up as well. But that would be 
momentarily. Again, I appreciate her cooperation, along with that of 
many others.

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