[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, for the education of all Senators, we just 
completed a caucus, and the two issues before us are FISA, the Foreign 
Intelligence Act, of course--and I am disappointed that we don't have 
something we can sign off on for that, but we are very close. I have 
told the minority leader that for more than 24 hours, that we are very 
close, and I do think we are. If things go as I think they will--
Senator Bond and Senator Rockefeller have worked very hard--I think we 
can complete it in 1 day--a long day, maybe a 10- or 12-hour day, but I 
think we can do that.
  Regarding the stimulus package, I have briefly explained to the 
Republican leader where I think we need to go. He needs to consult with 
his leadership and staff to determine how we get to where we both think 
this will wind up, but that decision will be made fairly quickly.
  I do say that I think it is going to take me--as my colleagues know, 
all last year I had four Democratic Senators running for President. I 
wish they could all have been elected President, but only one can be, 
so two of them are out of that race now. I still have two Democratic 
Senators involved. As my colleagues know, next Tuesday is Super 
Tuesday, and they are both very busy, as is Senator McCain. So I 
probably can't get them back here until Monday, but I do need them 
back. So the Republican leader understands that, and we will try to 
work something out today to give us a pathway to complete this stimulus 
package and FISA.

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