[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5449]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following my remarks and those of the 
Republican leader, if he chooses to make remarks, the Senate will 
proceed to a period of morning business for 1 hour, with Senators 
allowed to speak during that period of time for up to 10 minutes each, 
with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders. 
The Republicans will control the first half; the majority will control 
the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume 
consideration of H.R. 3221, the legislative vehicle for housing.
  Yesterday, cloture was invoked on the substitute amendment. If all 
postcloture debate time is used, debate will expire about 8:45 p.m. 
tonight. I will be discussing with the Republican leader how we can 
come to a final determination as to how we should handle the wrapup. 
The two managers have, I understand, about three or four germane 
amendments that need to be voted on, and they can be voted on now or we 
can wait until the time runs out. Those amendments, germane amendments 
that are pending, require votes. For those that have been filed and are 
not pending, that is not the case, unless the two managers agree that 
they want to bring those up. So we will work our way through this 
legislation as quickly as we can.

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