[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16043]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we will return to Homeland Security 
appropriations in just a few minutes. Last night, we entered into an 
agreement to provide for a series of five stacked votes beginning at 10 
a.m. The first vote will be normal in length; however, the remaining 
votes in the series will be limited to 10-minute lengths. Senators 
should remain in or close to the Chamber for the purposes of voting. 
The two managers expect to stack other votes on amendments that are 
ready to be disposed of. We will announce shortly whether those will be 
added to the current list or if we will debate additional amendments 
and stack them for later this morning. It is possible to finish the 
Homeland Security bill today or this evening. We can do that if 
Senators cooperate over the course of the day.
  We have other important appropriations bills to consider as well as 
other legislative matters, executive items, over the course of the next 
couple of days. In all likelihood, we will go to foreign operations 
tomorrow, assuming--and I hope--we will finish Homeland Security today.
  I will turn to the Democratic leader, and then I have a few words on 
port security.

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