[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 270]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. REID. Today was a good day in the Senate. The spirit of 
bipartisanship is in the air. I look forward to working with the 
Republican leaders and Members of Congress as we move ahead and forward 
in this Congress, the 110th Congress.
  For the information of Members, the first vote next week is Monday, 
January 8, at 12 noon. Therefore, Members should be prepared to be here 
and ready to vote. Time will show what we will do, but votes will be a 
lot quicker than they used to be. We will not wait around for long 
times. Most of the votes are not very close, and it is not fair to keep 
Members from their constituents and other work in their office. If some 
people are not here, they will not be recorded within a reasonable 
period of time after the vote is called.
  We hoped to proceed to S. 1. We do not have consent to move forward 
on that yet, but we are confident we will.

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