[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2619]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the information of the Senate, we are 
now close to completing action on all germane amendments that are 
pending to H.R. 2. It is my understanding that Senator Kyl will be here 
in the morning, and we will resume the bill to debate his amendments. 
Therefore, Members should be advised to expect rollcall votes tomorrow, 
and the votes could occur prior to noon.
  Does the distinguished Republican leader have anything to say?
  Mr. McCONNELL. No. Let me say to my friend, the majority leader, I 
think we have gotten off to a good start this year. We are close to 
accomplishing two important pieces of legislation with overwhelming 
bipartisan support. We look forward to moving ahead with a rather 
contentious debate next week but a debate we obviously ought to have. 
It is the most important issue in the country with a lot of passionate 
feelings on both sides of the issue, and we will have a grand debate in 
the tradition of the United States Senate next week.

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