[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8953]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following leader time, there will be a 
period of morning business for up to 1 hour, with the time equally 
divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with 
the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling 
the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume 
consideration of H.R. 980, the collective bargaining legislation. 
Rollcall votes are expected to occur throughout the day.
  Debate on this legislation has been exemplary. All amendments to this 
point that have been offered relate to labor issues. That is important. 
This is a bipartisan bill. We should be able to legislate on this, 
hopefully get it completed in the near future. There is a lot of pent-
up desire on both sides to offer amendments on all different issues, 
but I think we would get more done if we could focus on this 
legislation.
  I indicated to Senator Enzi, who was so involved in this, how we 
would proceed. He has been, as he always is, a gentleman. Senator 
Kennedy and Senator Enzi didn't get everything worked out on this piece 
of legislation that they wanted prior to coming to the floor; 
therefore, Senator Enzi feels an obligation to offer some amendments to 
take care of some of the issues he believes are important, and I 
support him on that.

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