[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, today following my remarks and the remarks 
of Senator McConnell, there will be a period of morning business for up 
to 2 hours with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each, 
with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or 
their designees. The Republicans will control the first 30 minutes and 
the majority will control the next 30 minutes. Following morning 
business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 3044, the Consumer 
First Energy Act.
  Last night cloture was filed on the Boxer substitute amendment to the 
climate change legislation. Under rule XXII, there is a 1 p.m. filing 
deadline for first-degree amendments to the Boxer substitute No. 4825. 
The cloture vote is scheduled to occur tomorrow morning--Friday 
morning.
  At 4 o'clock this afternoon, there will be up to 1 hour for debate on 
the farm bill, H.R. 6124, prior to a vote. Under an agreement reached 
last night, Senator DeMint will control 30 minutes; Senator Coburn, 20 
minutes; and Senators Harkin and Chambliss will control a total of 10 
minutes. Therefore, the vote on passage of the farm bill will begin 
around 5 p.m. today.

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