[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning, after 30 minutes of morning 
business, the Senate will resume consideration of the PATRIOT Act 
conference report. At approximately 11 a.m, the Senate will vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the PATRIOT Act. It is my hope cloture will 
be invoked and that we could then adopt the conference report during 
today's session. Senators should anticipate additional votes on 
legislative and executive items we must complete action on before 
breaking for the holidays, including a number of judges and other 
nominations. As all of our colleagues know, we have a lot of work to do 
and a lot to accomplish over the next several days before we break for 
the holidays.
  I thank our colleagues for their patience and their hard work. We are 
working in a bicameral way. As our colleagues know, much of this 
legislation has to originate now and pass through the House before 
coming to us. We are working with the House to get that legislation 
appropriately.

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