[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Tomorrow, following morning business, the Senate will 
begin debate on the nomination of Condoleeza Rice to be Secretary of 
State. Under the order, there will be up to 9 hours of debate on the 
nomination during tomorrow's session with a short period of additional 
debate on Wednesday, prior to a vote on confirmation. In addition, the 
nomination of Jim Nicholson to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs was 
reported today. The Senate may act on that nomination and any other 
nomination that is available during the remainder of this week.
  We are working across the aisle together, at the committee level and 
the floor level, to consider these nominations just as soon as they are 
made available.

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