[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Page 30851]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we will proceed to executive session to 
consider the nomination of Robert Dow to be U.S. District Judge. That 
will take place immediately. The confirmation of that nomination is 
slated to occur at 10:10 this morning.
  Following this vote, the Senate will go into a period of morning 
business until 12:30. That time is equally divided between the two 
parties, with the first portion under the control of the minority, with 
Senator Dorgan controlling 30 minutes of the majority's time.
  At 12:30, we will recess for our regular party conferences and 
reconvene at 2:15. The Senate will then resume consideration of the 
farm bill.
  There are a number of things I am going to speak to the Republican 
leader about in a few minutes, and then I will have another statement 
later in the day to talk about what we can expect in the next few days. 
This is the last week prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. This will be a 
busy week. We hope it doesn't spill into next week.
  Tomorrow, Secretary Rice and Secretary Gates will brief Members on 
the current situation in the Middle East. That briefing will begin at 2 
p.m. in S-407.

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