[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this morning there will be an hour of 
morning business, with the first half controlled by the majority and 
the second half controlled by the Republicans. Following morning 
business, we will resume consideration of S. 761. Under an agreement 
entered last night, once we get back on the bill, there will be 30 
minutes of debate with respect to the Sununu amendment, which is 
numbered 938, which strikes a section of the bill seeking to strengthen 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at all 
school levels. We expect the amendment will be voted on at a little 
after 11 this morning. My understanding is once we dispose of the 
Sununu amendment, then the Sanders amendment remains pending.
  Mr. President, let me say to everyone, I have not had the opportunity 
to speak to the Republican leader today, but it would be my intention 
that we would be in recess from 4 until 5:30 for the briefings by 
General Petraeus, General Pace, and others up in room 407. But it would 
be my intention to finish this bill after that.
  It is my understanding there are some Coburn amendments--he has three 
of them--and we would like to get votes scheduled on those. If there 
are other amendments, let's bring them forward. But we will not get the 
bill from the House on the supplemental until tonight, anyway. We are 
not going to be able to do anything on it tonight. I think it would be 
a good step forward if we can finish this bill tonight. That means we 
would work on it until late in the evening and finish this bill. That 
is my intention. I hope there are no efforts to delay this bill. If, in 
fact, that is the case, as I have said before, we would just back off 
the bill. If we cannot pass, on a bipartisan basis, legislation that 
has more than 50 cosponsors, I think it is not a good day for us. We 
should be able to show the American people there are some things we can 
do on a bipartisan basis.
  I remind all Members that there will be a briefing today, as I have 
indicated, in 407 beginning at 4 p.m.
  I yield the floor.

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