[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, under our order from last night, we 
will start today's session with a 1-hour period of morning business. At 
approximately 10:30 this morning, we will return to the Agriculture 
appropriations bill. We have an agreement in place that first-degree 
amendments be filed at the desk no later than 4 p.m. today. I hope that 
there will not be many more amendments filed. We would like to finish 
this bill this evening, and we will stay in session later into the 
evening with votes in order to accomplish that, if necessary.
  We have several meetings occurring this afternoon, including an all-
Senators meeting from 4 to 5 today. Because of these meetings, it is 
important that we get started early this morning and process as many 
amendments as possible. Therefore, Senators should be aware that we 
will be scheduling votes as quickly as we can this morning, in order to 
make as much progress as possible, and of course we will alert Members 
as soon as the first vote is ordered.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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