[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9724]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate will be in a period of morning 
business for 1 hour. The first portion is controlled by the 
Republicans, the final portion under the control of the majority.
  Following this period of morning business, the Senate will resume 
debate on S. 761, the competitiveness bill. Under an agreement entered 
last week, Senator Coburn is to be recognized today to speak for up to 
an hour on the bill. I am also aware of other speakers who have 
indicated a willingness to speak on the legislation. We hope we can 
accommodate their schedules because there are a number of people who 
want to speak.
  At noon today, we will switch gears and consider Executive Calendar 
No. 76, the nomination of a judge from Mississippi, Halil Suleyman 
Ozerden, to be a U.S. district judge. There will be up to 10 minutes of 
debate and then a vote on confirmation. This time will be controlled by 
the chairman and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee. Members can 
expect a rollcall vote today around 12:10. Once this nominee is 
confirmed, this will be the 16th district judge we have confirmed this 
year, 14 districts and 2 circuits. The Senate will recess for our 
regularly scheduled party conferences following the vote and will 
reconvene at 2:15 p.m. today.

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