[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              EXTENSION OF THE PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 5104, a 15-day FISA extension, 
received from the House earlier today; that the bill be read a third 
time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that 
any statements relating to this matter be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 5104) was ordered to be read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I appreciate the cooperation of my 
colleagues, especially Senator McConnell. We are going to do our very 
best to have an agreement shortly so we can move to finish Senate 
action on this. There has been a lot of time spent on this by a lot of 
people--people in the Intelligence Committee, Democrats and 
Republicans; members of the Judiciary Committee, Democrats and 
Republicans.
  There is an effort to try to resolve this. We have had a number of 
good meetings today. This will allow us to do that. Our goal is to get 
it done quickly so we can get it to the House and complete a conference 
prior to the 15 days being extended.

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