[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6645]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. TOMORROW

  Mr. REID. If there is no further business at this time, and if the 
distinguished Republican leader has nothing further, I ask unanimous 
consent that following the remarks of Senator Specter, the Senate stand 
adjourned under the previous order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Republican leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, if I may, obviously I am not going to 
object. Let me say to all our colleagues on this side of the aisle, 
this will be a challenging week. Budget week always is, with numerous 
votes. Obviously, it would be to the advantage of the body to have a 
number of those votes before the so-called vote-arama, which occurs as 
the time expires late in the week.
  So I encourage Republican Senators who have amendments to come on 
over, beginning tomorrow, lay them down, and let's try to proceed early 
in the week in order to minimize the inconvenience to everyone at the 
end of the week.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would only add--and I appreciate very much 
the Senator's remarks--we have to finish the budget resolution this 
week. Next week we have to get to the supplemental. We have been told 
by the Secretary of Defense that all the work on the supplemental must 
be completed by the end of April. Even though there is a week or so 
that other arrangements can be made, we have found Secretary Gates to 
be extremely upfront, and so we have to get to the supplemental next 
week so we can complete it by the first of May.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, if I may alert the majority leader, 
apparently Senator Specter is not coming to the floor tonight, so there 
is no impediment to the Senate going ahead and adjourning.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
stand in adjournment under the previous order.
  There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:46 p.m., adjourned until 
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 10 a.m. 

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