[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we continued on the Defense 
appropriations bill, and several amendments were offered and debated. 
As previously announced, any votes ordered will begin tomorrow at 
sundown. The first vote will occur at approximately 7:30 tomorrow 
evening. Moments ago, I filed a cloture motion on the Defense 
appropriations measure. We are working with a compressed Senate 
schedule this week, and I filed this motion to ensure that the Senate 
will finish the Defense appropriations bill by the end of this week. 
The cloture vote will not occur until Thursday. Therefore, we can 
dispose of amendments throughout tomorrow and tomorrow evening, voting 
on them prior to Thursday's votes. I will announce again that we need 
to finish this bill prior to the Senate adjourning for the recess next 
week.

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