[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNITION OF THE ASSISTANT MINORITY LEADER

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assistant minority leader is 
recognized.
  Mr. REID. If I may make a comment to the majority leader, we have 
been told this morning Senator Bingaman will not offer a second-degree 
amendment to the Santorum amendment; therefore, the managers will 
accept the Santorum amendment. So I think all we have left on the IDEA 
bill is final passage.
  Senator Kennedy is the godfather to his niece or nephew--I really 
don't remember who it is--but Caroline's child was confirmed and he 
will not be able to be here until around 11:30 today, so the majority 
leader should keep that in mind. If we will vote 12:15 or 12:20, if 
that meets the majority leader's plans, Senator Kennedy would like to 
speak before final passage, and, as I indicated, he will not be here 
until 11:30.
  Mr. FRIST. Through the Chair, we are aware of Senator Kennedy's plans 
and we will do everything we can to accommodate all Senators. We have a 
number of people who have engagements this morning and this afternoon, 
and we will do our best. I think that is consistent, having this vote 
in the hour we so designated.

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