[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15439]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, this afternoon we have a 1-hour period of 
morning business before we proceed to executive session. At 
approximately 3 o'clock today we will be turning to consideration of 
Jerome Holmes to be a United States Circuit Court judge for the Tenth 
Circuit. We have an order in place that allows for 2 hours of debate 
today and 2 hours of debate tomorrow morning. Therefore the vote on 
confirmation of Jerome Holmes will occur tomorrow morning before the 
policy meetings.
  I also remind everyone that we have a consent agreement for the 
consideration of S. 403, the Child Custody Protection bill. We will be 
returning to that bill tomorrow afternoon to dispose of the amendments 
and final passage of the Child Custody Protection measure tomorrow.
  I want to put all of my colleagues on notice that we do need to 
finish that bill on Tuesday, and if we have to work well into the 
evening, we will do so in order to finish that important bill.
  Another issue to consider this week is the Energy Security Act of 
2006. That bipartisan bill is on the calendar and we want to proceed to 
its consideration as quickly as possible. If there are objections to 
considering that bill, it will be necessary to file cloture and we will 
be prepared to file that motion. That vote would come as early as 
Wednesday, Wednesday morning. I do also remind my colleagues that we 
have a joint meeting on Wednesday morning. At 11 o'clock on Wednesday 
there will be a joint meeting with the House to hear the address by 
Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq.
  Given this address, a cloture vote would occur possibly around 10 
o'clock on Wednesday, in which case we could proceed directly to the 
House immediately following that vote, sometime after 10:30. If that is 
the case, and I expect it will be, Senators should stay in the Chamber 
following that vote and then we will proceed together to the Hall of 
the House of Representatives for that joint meeting.
  I was discussing with the Democratic leader, we should also put our 
colleagues on notice that next week will be the last week of 
legislative business prior to the August adjournment. As we plan the 
schedule for the remainder of this week and next, there is a lot to 
accomplish. Senators should fully expect a vote on Monday, July 31. We 
were able to reach several agreements last week, which allowed us to 
say no rollcall votes for today's session, but I expect very important 
votes will occur each day next week, including Monday's session, so 
everyone should plan their schedules to accommodate this final week.


                           Order of Procedure

  Finally, I remind everyone that today marks the eighth anniversary of 
the fatal shootings of Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson as they 
protected the U.S. Capitol. At this time, I ask unanimous consent that 
at 3:40 this afternoon the Senate observe a moment of silence in 
recognition of these two fallen officers.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Madam President, I will turn to the Democratic leader and 
then I have a very brief comment on the events today.

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