[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2005

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, the Senate stand in adjournment 
until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 21, unless the House adopts S. Con. 
Res. 23, at which time the Senate will then be in adjournment under the 
provisions of the concurrent resolution until 2 p.m. on Monday, April 
4, 2005. I further ask that following the prayer and the pledge, the 
morning hour be deemed to have expired, the Journal of the proceedings 
be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved, and the 
Senate then begin a period of morning business, with Senators permitted 
to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we are hopeful that the House of 
Representatives will be able to act soon on the Schiavo bill we have 
just passed. If they are able to pass that legislation in the form 
received and then pass the adjournment resolution, it would not be 
necessary for this body, the Senate, to return.
  We will then have completed our work and will adjourn for the Easter 
break. If the House is unable to act and, therefore, does not adopt the 
adjournment resolution, then the Senate would automatically return to 
business tomorrow morning. I am hopeful that the House will be able to 
accept this bipartisan and bicameral agreement.
  I thank many Members on both sides of the aisle for expediting this 
legislation through the Senate. First and foremost, I need to thank, 
once again, the Senator from Florida, the current occupant of the 
chair. We will now wait and monitor, over the course of the afternoon 
and evening, House action. In all likelihood, it will be a long 
evening, but we are prepared to be here as long as it takes to see that 
this important bill passes so it can be sent to the President 
immediately for his signature. Time is of the essence.
  If the Senate does not need to return, I alert Members that we will 
have a busy legislative session after adjournment. There are a number 
of important matters to consider, including the supplemental 
appropriations that we will turn to when it becomes available.
  I announced previously that no votes will occur on April 4, and 
therefore there is the possibility of votes on Tuesday, April 5.
  Mr. President, for the record, I note that a colloquy that was 
printed earlier in the Record was between Senator Levin and myself. It 
is an important colloquy that expresses the views to which we have 
agreed. I should mention that many such conversations have gone on 
between and among all Senators on both sides of the aisle.

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