[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will conduct a 
period of morning business until 11:30. A number of Senators will be 
here to pay tribute to our retiring colleagues. At 11:30 we will 
proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Robert Gates 
to be our next Secretary of Defense. It is the majority leader's hope 
that we will have a vote on this nomination later today.
  The Senate will recess from 12:30 until 2:15 to accommodate the 
weekly policy luncheons.
  Last night the majority leader filed cloture on the nomination of 
Andrew von Eschenbach to be the FDA Commissioner. Under the regular 
order, that vote will occur on Thursday morning.

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