[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19149]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this afternoon, we have an order for a 
period for the transaction of morning business so that Senators can 
come to the Chamber to introduce legislation and make statements.


                           Order of Procedure

  I now ask unanimous consent that the period extend until 5:20 p.m., 
with the time equally divided between the two leaders or their 
designees.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, at 5:20 p.m., we have an order to proceed 
to executive session to consider the nomination of Francisco Besosa to 
be U.S. district judge for the District of Puerto Rico. The agreement 
provides for 10 minutes of debate prior to a vote on the nomination, 
which will occur at 5:30 p.m.
  I have said repeatedly over the last days and weeks that we will be 
finishing our work at the end of this week. Accordingly, I ask for the 
cooperation of all of our colleagues as we bring together a lot of 
legislation that has been produced over a long period of time, but over 
the course of the week it will be a challenge to consider all of that 
legislation. It is going to take cooperation and working together to 
allow us to continue to govern with these meaningful solutions, 
challenges, and issues which have been set before us.
  We have the pending border fence legislation that we will need to 
complete. We have legislation relating to the terrorist tribunals, the 
military commissions, the Hamdan decision that will be considered and 
finished prior to adjournment. In addition, we have several conferences 
that will be completed in the next several days--Defense appropriations 
and Homeland Security appropriations--that we absolutely must finish 
this week as well. Other legislation, such as port security, is being 
worked on very aggressively, and I believe we should be able to finish 
that bill and bring it to the floor as well.
  We have a very small window in which to complete our business over 
the next 6 days. I have said our intention is to finish on Friday, 
although if we are unable to do that, of course, we will be here on 
Saturday to wrap things up. I will update my colleagues over the course 
of the week on progress that is being made and how that affects plans. 
At this point, cooperation is key and flexibility with people's 
schedules will be key in order that we get our work done and leave at 
the end of the week.

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