[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this morning, the Senate will be in a period 
for the transaction of morning business for 1 hour. The time will be 
equally divided and controlled. The majority controls the first portion 
and the Republicans control the last portion. Under an order entered 
last night, we will resume the Military Construction appropriations 
bill after morning business. There are five amendments that are 
remaining that are in order that are going to be disposed of.
  After the Senate completes action on the Military Construction bill, 
the Senate will begin consideration of the Foreign Operations 
appropriations bill. The managers of that will be Senator Leahy and 
Senator Gregg. This should be a busy day with votes throughout the day. 
In addition, the education reconciliation conference report will be 
available and, as I mentioned earlier this week, we will act on that 
measure this week.
  I will talk in more detail with the Republican leader when we have a 
better picture of what is going on with the Foreign Operations bill and 
how long it is going to take to dispose of the Military Construction-VA 
bill.
  Democrats and Republicans worked well together yesterday. We have a 
lot to do. One of the things we have to do is look forward to somehow 
funding the Government after October 1. There will be consultations 
between the Republican leader and me and the appropriations people on 
Capitol Hill. Also, we have the President to deal with on these issues. 
Even though there has been a lot made about the difference between what 
the President wants and what Congress wants, it is not that much 
different. I hope we can work out those issues.
  Anyway, we have a picture ahead of us of what we need to do, and we 
will proceed to do that business as quickly as we can today and 
hopefully finish everything today, tomorrow and hopefully not have to 
worry about tomorrow afternoon or even Saturday. I hope we need not do 
that. We will keep everyone informed as soon as we can.

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