[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3647]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, every morning I go out to do my exercise. 
This morning I started out the door and there was a crash of thunder 
and lightning, so I decided to do my exercise inside. When I got into 
the gym, I could watch TV and I could see these storms in another part 
of the country--really violent storms. When I got back to my house, my 
wife indicated that Senator Schumer called. They were stuck on the 
tarmac in New York, so I knew at that time we were going to have some 
problems here with scheduling.
  Following leader remarks this morning, there will be a period of 
morning business for 1 hour, with Republicans controlling the first 
half and the majority controlling the final half. Following morning 
business, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 3606, the capital 
formation bill. The filing deadline for all second-degree amendments to 
the Reid substitute and the Cantwell amendment is 11 o'clock today.


                           Order of Procedure

  The reason I am mentioning the storm situation is the votes we had 
scheduled for 11:30 today are going to have to be moved to this 
afternoon, because we have a number of people who can't be here, 
through no fault of their own. So I ask unanimous consent that the 
cloture votes that are currently scheduled to occur at 11:30 now begin 
at 4 p.m. this afternoon; that if cloture is invoked on an amendment or 
the bill, postcloture time be counted as if cloture were invoked at 12 
noon today; and that the recess at 12:30 be until 2:15 to accommodate 
the weekly caucus meetings.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. REID. The official photograph was expected to be today. We will 
try to do it later this afternoon. We will put everybody on notice 
about that, and I will consult with the Republican leader about the 
votes and about the other matters we are going to have to reschedule.

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