[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I have been stating that we have been 
prepared to consider some of the additional nominations that are on the 
Executive Calendar and are available for consideration. There are a 
number of nominations being held up for one reason or another. But I am 
particularly concerned that a group of nominations is being held up for 
reasons unrelated to their qualifications or job responsibilities. We 
have several senior Department of Defense nominations and intelligence 
nominations that we need to consider.
  We will begin the amendment process to the asbestos bill beginning 
tomorrow morning, and my intention is to see if we can schedule debate 
and votes on these nominations. If we are unable to do that, then I 
will file a cloture motion on the nomination, with that vote occurring 
Friday.

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