[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            GETTING STARTED

  Mr. McCONNELL. Once again, I thank Senators Bennett and Feinstein for 
their efforts last week on the lobbying reform bill. I think the 96-to-
2 vote Thursday night pretty well sums up the broad bipartisan support 
we had for this important legislation.
  With regard to the minimum wage, I encourage Members on our side to 
come to the floor today not only to debate the package but to also 
offer their amendments. I hope we can have a full, constructive debate 
as Members offer their various proposals to the bill.
  Let me ask my friend, the majority leader, did he indicate that the 
first vote will probably be before the policy luncheons?
  Mr. REID. Yes.
  Mr. McCONNELL. As the majority leader indicated, we have a number of 
different interruptions this week, not the least of which is the State 
of the Union tomorrow night, which will truncate the amount of time we 
have on the floor. I think the best way to get started is for Members 
to come over and offer their amendments, get them in the queue, and 
let's get started.
  I yield the floor.

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