[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will begin a 
period of morning business for up to 1 hour. The first half of that 
time will be under the control of the majority leader or his designee, 
and the second half will be used by the other side of the aisle.
  Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of 
S. 1637, the FSC/ETI JOBS bill. The debate until 12:30 will be equally 
divided between Senators Grassley and Baucus or their designees.
  During yesterday's session, three amendments were offered and 
debated. I thank Members for coming forward on Monday and allowing us 
to make some progress on the bill. This morning we expect a Republican 
alternative to the overtime amendment to be offered, and Members may 
have additional debate on that issue. Therefore, we anticipate that we 
will begin to schedule votes on FSC amendments this afternoon and, 
therefore, we do not expect any votes prior to the policy luncheons.
  As a reminder, the Senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for the 
weekly policy luncheons.
  Finally, we hope to have cooperation on both sides as we try to 
finish the JOBS bill this week. With the rising level of WTO sanctions, 
it is long past time to complete this measure and, therefore, Members 
need to show restraint in offering their amendments. I thank everyone 
in advance for their cooperation as we try to finish this bill this 
week.
  I reserve the remainder of the leader time.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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