[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6594]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2006

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, it stand in adjournment until 9:45 
a.m. on Tuesday, May 2. I further ask that following the prayer and the 
pledge, the morning hour be deemed to have expired, the Journal of the 
Proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be 
reserved, and the Senate proceed to a period of morning business for up 
to 1 hour, with the first 30 minutes under the control of the 
Democratic leader or his designee and the final 30 minutes under the 
control of the majority leader or his designee; that upon the use or 
yielding back of the time, the Senate proceed to the consideration of 
H.R. 4939 and immediately proceed to a vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture. I further ask unanimous consent that second-degree amendments 
be filed by 10:30 a.m. tomorrow.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there will be time, of course, for debate 
prior to the vote; is that right?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. This unanimous consent agreement supersedes 
that agreement.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I think prior to this vote, we should have 
time to talk about it. The hour is set aside for morning business?
  Mr. FRIST. The unanimous consent request, Mr. President, was that the 
Senate proceed to a period for morning business--we are calling it 
morning business--for up to an hour, a total of an hour, with 30 
minutes under the control of the Democratic leader and 30 minutes under 
my control, which allows us to be on the bill.
  Mr. REID. Parliamentary inquiry: What time would that vote take place 
approximately?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Approximately at 10:45 a.m. if all time is 
used.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader has the floor.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I asked consent that second-degree 
amendments be filed by 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, and that unanimous consent 
request is still pending?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, it will probably be more likely around 11 
o'clock or 10:50, 10:55 tomorrow morning, maybe 11 o'clock, that we 
will have the cloture vote on the emergency supplemental appropriations 
bill. That will be the first vote of the day, and that is when the 
clock will start ticking.
  Remember, Senators have a filing deadline for any second-degree 
amendments at 10:30 tomorrow morning. We have a lot of amendments to 
work through over the course of the postcloture time and will likely be 
having votes throughout the day. I know a number of people will be 
coming up to push votes until after committee meetings and hearings. We 
have to keep effectively and efficiently going through the votes in 
this postcloture period. I do expect cloture to be invoked, and we will 
need to vote on those pending amendments which are qualified under the 
cloture rule.
  It is my expectation to continue to run postcloture on Tuesday and 
Wednesday until we complete the bill.

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