[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10620]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, following leader remarks, there will be a 
period of morning business until 11:30 a.m., with Senators permitted to 
speak for up to 10 minutes each. The majority will control the first 30 
minutes, the Republicans will control the next 30 minutes, and the 
remaining time will be equally divided.
  Upon the conclusion of morning business, the Senate will proceed to 
executive session to consider several district court nominations: Tanya 
Pratt, of Indiana; Brian Jackson, of Louisiana; and Elizabeth Foote, of 
Louisiana. There will be up to 20 minutes of debate equally divided and 
controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions or their designees prior 
to a series of rollcall votes, which could be as many as three.
  Upon disposition of the nominations, the Senate will recess until 
2:15 p.m. today for our weekly caucus meetings.
  At 2:15 p.m., we will resume consideration of the House message with 
respect to H.R. 4213, the tax extenders legislation. We currently have 
six amendments pending. We hope to reach an agreement to dispose of 
several of the pending amendments today.
  As a reminder, cloture was filed on the motion to concur with an 
amendment with respect to the tax extenders legislation. The only 
applicable filing deadline in this situation is for second-degree 
amendments. Under the rule, second-degree amendments must be filed 1 
hour prior to the cloture vote tomorrow.
  Madam President, I have spoken to the Republican leader on a number 
of occasions--the latest just a few minutes ago--to see if we can work 
out an orderly system to not have to have a vote on cloture tomorrow. 
We are working on that, and hopefully we can conclude that with an 
agreement sometime in the near future.

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