[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we will be debating the comprehensive 
immigration bill. Several Senators will be coming over throughout the 
day to discuss either pending amendments or amendments to be proposed. 
At this point we have at least two amendments scheduled for votes 
beginning at 5:30 today. The first vote will be on the Chambliss 
amendment relating to wage requirements for agricultural workers. The 
second vote will be on the Ensign amendment which relates to the use of 
the National Guard.
  Other amendments may be offered today, and we hope to schedule debate 
and votes on those amendments.
  I thank my colleagues for helping us move the bill forward to this 
point. We will finish the bill this week, and I believe Senators will 
agree to reasonable debate on amendments and we can finish that bill in 
relatively short order.
  We have other issues to consider this week prior to the recess. We 
will address a supplemental appropriations conference report when that 
measure is available for floor action. We also will be considering 
other conference reports that may be raised this week.
  We have several important nominations that are available, or soon 
will be available, after committee action for the full Senate to 
consider. The Kavanaugh nomination is on the Executive Calendar and 
will be voted on this week. Other nominations are in committee and will 
become available.
  We have the nomination, for example, of Dirk Kempthorne, our former 
colleague, to be Secretary of the Interior. This week the Hayden 
nomination may be available from the Intelligence Committee as well.
  We have the nominations of Sue Schwab for the USTR and Rob Portman 
for OMB--a number of nominations.
  Needless to say, the days will go quickly, and we will need to work 
together in a collaborative, collegial way to get our business 
completed prior to the start of the recess.
  Finally, in order to get all of this done, Friday votes are likely if 
we are to complete this busy agenda.
  I yield the floor.

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