[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, following the remarks of the two leaders, 
the Senate will resume consideration of the Children's Health Insurance 
Program. The time until 11 a.m. will be for debate on the McConnell 
substitute amendment, with the time equally divided between the two 
leaders or their designees. I designate Chairman Baucus to handle the 
work on this side of the aisle. At 11 a.m., the Senate will proceed to 
vote in relation to the amendment. Additional rollcall votes are 
expected throughout the day as we continue to work through amendments 
to the bill.
  Because of the Finance Committee and Appropriations Committee being 
heavily involved in the economic recovery bill yesterday, we perhaps 
did not get as much done as we normally would have. I expect today to 
be a day of work done on this underlying legislation. Amendments to the 
bill should be offered as soon as people feel it appropriate to offer 
them.
  We would like to complete this legislation no later than tomorrow. 
With a little bit of good luck, we can finish it today, but it likely 
will be tomorrow. I am confident we will not have to file any 
procedural roadblocks on either side, and we can move forward on this 
legislation.

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