[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, the Senate continued to work on the 
Transportation--Treasury appropriations bill today. A number of 
amendments have indeed been filed. I encourage Senators who are serious 
about offering them to come down early in the day tomorrow to do just 
that. We hope to dispose of the pending Kennedy amendment and an 
alternative to that amendment at an early hour tomorrow.
  The two managers were here all day and have been very patient. If 
Senators do not come down in a timely manner to offer their amendments, 
then I would encourage the managers to close out the bill to further 
amendment and proceed to final passage. We will finish this bill this 
week, either Wednesday or Thursday, or Friday, if necessary, and 
therefore votes can be expected each day until we finish this bill.

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