[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 23961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, today we will begin a period of 
morning business which will extend well into the afternoon. A number of 
Senators have indicated they will come to the floor and pay tribute to 
our colleagues who will not be running for the 109th Congress. We 
certainly want to accommodate those requests and have set aside time 
accordingly.
  At the close of our business this week, we will print those tributes 
to honor our departed colleagues. If Senators are not available to come 
to the floor to deliver their remarks, they are invited to submit those 
statements for the Record. Again, they will be printed as part of this 
larger document to which I just referred.
  As a reminder, the majority leader has filed a cloture motion on the 
miscellaneous tariffs bill. That cloture vote will occur tomorrow 
morning. We expect cloture to be invoked; therefore, we hope to finish 
that conference report at an early time on Friday.
  In addition, as everyone is aware, we continue to await completion of 
the Omnibus appropriations bill. It is still our hope and desire to 
finish our work on Friday, if at all possible.

                          ____________________