[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24969]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this afternoon, we will have a period for 
the transaction of morning business until 2 p.m. At 2 p.m. today, we 
will resume consideration of the Department of Defense authorization 
bill. On Friday, we turned to the Defense bill under the provisions of 
the earlier consent agreement. We had six amendments offered, with one 
of those being adopted by voice vote. We expect further amendments and 
debate during today's session and, as we announced Friday, we will vote 
at 5:30 p.m. in relation to a Defense authorization amendment. The 
chairman and ranking member will be here throughout the afternoon 
today, and we will alert all Senators when that 5:30 p.m. rollcall vote 
is locked in. We expect to finish the Defense authorization bill on 
Tuesday or possibly Wednesday of this week, with rollcall votes each 
day.
  This week, we will also consider any of the available appropriations 
conference reports. The conference report to accompany the Foreign 
Operations bill is at the desk, and we hope to schedule that measure 
either today or tomorrow. We look forward to another full week of 
business before completing our work prior to Thanksgiving.

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