[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, today we will begin consideration of 
the Homeland Security appropriations bill. We have an agreement that 
all first-degree amendments to that bill will be filed by 4 p.m. this 
afternoon. That will allow both managers of the legislation to get a 
better understanding of how many issues and amendments are expected in 
relation to the Homeland Security measure.
  As the majority leader announced prior to the recess, there will be a 
rollcall vote this afternoon at approximately 5:30. That vote is 
expected to be in relation to a resolution regarding the recent bombing 
in London.
  We will have a busy stretch of activity over the next 3 weeks with 
many pressing legislative and executive items that must be completed 
prior to the August recess. I encourage Senators to make themselves 
available on Mondays and Fridays throughout the month as the majority 
leader will be using all available time to make progress on 
appropriations bills and other priorities.
  I will have a statement in a few moments, but I yield the floor so 
the Democratic leader can make whatever observations he would like to 
make.

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