[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 27201]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, tomorrow morning after we convene, we will 
immediately proceed to the continuing resolution. Senator Harkin will 
have an amendment which will require a vote. Therefore, Senators should 
expect a couple votes early in the morning. Those votes will occur at 
approximately 9:30 in the morning.
  Following those votes, we expect to have a better idea of what 
additional business will be available on Friday. There are a couple of 
appropriations conference reports that will likely be available, the 
PATRIOT conference report, the House message on the spending 
reconciliation bill, as well as other legislative and executive items 
we are trying to clear. Therefore, additional votes may occur and will 
occur, and we will try to clarify Friday's schedule as early as 
possible.
  I remind everyone that a weekend session is expected and Senators 
should remain available Friday and Saturday and beyond until we finish 
our remaining work. I will have to say, starting now about 3 weeks ago 
we set out a very aggressive agenda, and to date we have stayed right 
on target to accomplish that agenda. The House is in session right now 
and is voting actually right now, and I understand they will be 
conducting more business tonight and in the morning that we will have 
to act on after they act on much of the legislation they are 
considering. So it will be a full day tomorrow. I expect to have a 
number of votes over the course of tomorrow. And again, as we have said 
for the last 3 weeks, it will be important for our colleagues to keep 
their schedules flexible through tomorrow and Saturday, Sunday, and 
possibly beyond that.

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