[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16213]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          UPCOMING WORK PERIOD

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I welcome back the President pro tempore. I 
hope he had a productive week in Vermont, and that all my colleagues 
enjoyed visiting with constituents at home.
  This work period is going to be 4 weeks long. We have a great deal to 
accomplish during this 4-week period and it will go by quickly. We are 
attempting to work things out so we don't have to work during the 
holidays for a change. The last several years we have been stuck up to 
Thanksgiving and right through Christmas on a couple of occasions.
  It is obvious Senators aren't making these Monday votes a priority. 
We have a lot of people not showing up. So everyone should understand, 
this vote tonight is a very important vote. I am disappointed some 
Senators aren't going to be here. But in the future the next Mondays we 
can be expecting a vote or series of votes. I think we have become very 
complacent and not worrying about the Monday night votes. We will have 
some votes that may be more meaningful, as this one is.
  During this next work period, the only time we will have off will be 
November 11 for the celebration of Veterans Day. Therefore, if we are 
going to finish our work in this 4-week period, that means we are going 
to have to work on Mondays and Fridays. I hope we don't have to work 
weekends, but we have to get this work done.
  (Mr. KAINE assumed the Chair.)

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