[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we will immediately resume 
consideration of the Defense authorization bill. Under the order, we 
will resume debate on the Kennedy amendment relating to the earth 
penetrator. There will be 50 minutes of debate per side prior to the 
vote in relation to that amendment. Members should expect the first 
vote today prior to the policy luncheon recess.
  As a reminder, the Senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15 for the 
weekly policy meetings.
  Last night, the Senate debated several amendments, and others are 
waiting in the queue to be offered. I anticipated that we would have 
votes today throughout the afternoon on some of the pending amendments. 
I have also previously mentioned the need to set votes on some of the 
pending judicial nominations. We expect to set three of those judicial 
nominations for votes late this afternoon, and we will alert Senators 
as to the precise time when the agreement is locked in.
  As I have stated previously, it will be helpful if we can vote on 
some of these noncontroversial nominations by voice vote and not 
consume valuable Senate time with rollcall votes that result in 
unanimous confirmations. I will reiterate the importance of finishing 
the Defense bill this week. We have a number of scheduling requests, 
and we are doing our very best to work around those specific requests. 
However, Members should be prepared for busy days and evenings, if 
necessary, to finish this important defense legislation.

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