[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we return to the consideration of the 
highway bill. Yesterday, cloture was invoked by a vote of 92 to 7. We 
were then able to reach an agreement for finishing the bill on Tuesday. 
Under that agreement, Senators may offer amendments today from the 
limited list agreed to last night. Chairman Inhofe is here and may also 
have some cleared amendments to dispose of this morning.
  I announced last night that no rollcall votes would occur today. The 
next rollcall vote will be Monday at approximately 5:30. On Monday, we 
will again resume debate on the highway bill. Senators will have the 
final opportunity to offer their amendments. We will vote on one or two 
of those amendments on Monday evening. That will allow the Senate to 
return to the measure Tuesday morning and vote on the remaining 
amendments and final passage.
  After consulting with the chairman of the committee and the Democrat 
leader, we are hopeful most of these amendments will not require votes, 
that only a few remaining amendments will need rollcall votes prior to 
passage.
  As I did last night, I commend the managers for their hard work. I 
look forward to finishing the bill early next week. We have spent 2 
weeks on this bill and given plenty of opportunity, plenty of time for 
Members to come forward. They have done so. We are on a final glidepath 
to completion of this very important bill.

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