[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader remarks, there will be a 
period of morning business for up to 1 hour, with Senators permitted to 
speak for up to 10 minutes each, with the majority controlling the 
first 30 minutes and the Republicans controlling the next 30 minutes. 
Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 
3001, the Defense authorization bill.
  Last night, the Senate reached an agreement to consider several 
amendments to the bill, including amendments by Senators Leahy, Vitter, 
Nelson of Florida, and Kyl. Those amendments will be debated this 
morning, and we will work with the two managers of the bill and with my 
counterpart, Senator McConnell, to find out when those votes should 
take place. We are hopeful we can continue working on this most 
important legislation today and complete the legislation this week. It 
would be really good if we could do that.
  Mr. President, if the distinguished Republican leader wouldn't mind, 
I wish to yield a couple of minutes to the Senator from Nebraska, and 
then Senator McConnell would have the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nebraska is 
recognized.

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