[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3746]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, tomorrow the Senate will resume 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 95, the budget resolution. When the 
Senate resumes debate tomorrow morning, there will be 27 hours 
remaining under the statutory time limit for debate.
  I believe we made good progress today on the resolution. We were able 
to dispose of two very challenging amendments. The ranking member and I 
will return to the floor tomorrow morning to continue to work through 
amendments during the day. It is my hope that Members who wish to offer 
amendments will do so as early as possible, present their amendments to 
both my colleague, Senator Conrad, and myself early so we can have a 
chance to examine and understand those amendments, and we may be able 
to dispose of them in a very intelligent and favorable way.
  I also would like to inform my colleagues that we expect several 
rollcall votes throughout the day. Senators will be notified when we 
jointly agree upon having the first rollcall vote or two.

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