[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 7373]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following my remarks and those of Mr. 
McConnell, if he decides to make such remarks, the Senate will resume 
consideration of H.R. 2881, the Federal Aviation Administration 
Reauthorization Act. Senator Durbin will be recognized to offer an 
amendment on his behalf and that of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
  As a reminder, the joint meeting of Congress with the Prime Minister 
of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, is today at 11 a.m. Senators attending the 
meeting will gather in the Senate at 10:30 a.m. and proceed as a body 
to the Hall of the House at 10:40 a.m. In order to accommodate the 
joint meeting, the Senate will then be in recess from 10:40 until 12 
noon.
  Mr. President, the first amendment is a bipartisan amendment that 
will be offered, as I have indicated, by Senator Durbin and Senator 
Hutchison. I am going to have another conversation with the 
distinguished Republican leader as soon as he completes his statement 
here today, to see if we can figure out an orderly way to proceed on 
this very important piece of legislation. I think the managers have a 
good feel of this legislation. They think it is something we can 
complete fairly quickly. We just have to make sure we legislate on the 
FAA aspect of what is going on in the world today and not other things 
that have no bearing on this issue. We will see what we can work out. 
Hopefully, we can have a good day today and, with a little bit of good 
fortune, finish this bill this week.

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