[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               THE BUDGET

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me say to my good friend, the 
majority leader, that I will be checking at noon to see if we can avoid 
the motion to proceed to the budget, but I have not been able to get 
that cleared yet. I hope that I will be able to.
  I would also remind everyone, as the majority leader and I indicated 
yesterday, budget week is always challenging, with lots of votes and 
evening sessions. So I would encourage Members on our side, if they 
have amendments, to offer them early in the week to avoid having them 
caught up in the vote-arama which will occur, regretfully, at the end 
of the process.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would finally say the two managers of this 
bill, Senator Conrad and Senator Gregg, have done this bill many times. 
They are friends, and they will do everything they can to cooperate 
with each other. I hope Members will cooperate with them.

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