[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23244]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, we have made substantial progress on 
the bill today. Tomorrow morning, when we return to the bill, we have 
several Senators prepared to offer amendments. I hope that we can 
debate and vote on those amendments with reasonable time agreements. 
There is a chance we can finish this bill tomorrow night, and the 
majority leader has indicated that if we wrap up the Transportation-
Treasury bill tomorrow evening, we will not be voting on Friday. If we 
are able to do that, he will move on Friday to another bill, and we 
will not be having votes that day. Hopefully, that will be adequate 
incentive for all of us to finish our work on this particular bill no 
later than tomorrow night.

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