[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4681]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, following my remarks and those of the 
Republican leader, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to the Ukraine act.
  At 5:30 there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to that 
important piece of legislation.
  We have so much to do this work period and we have so much to do this 
week. I know I have said this on other occasions, and we have been able 
to work things out so it hasn't been necessary, but everyone should 
understand we have a lot to do and we may have to be in this weekend. 
If we are forced to go through all the procedural hoops to be able to 
complete the important Ukraine legislation, the important unemployment 
legislation, and the important SGR legislation, and setting it up so we 
can sometime next week get on minimum wage, we are going to have to be 
in this weekend. There is just no way around it, and everyone should 
understand that.
  I know I will immediately start hearing from people: I have this 
event; I have that event. It is Monday at 2 p.m. in the afternoon. It 
is only 11 a.m. in the West. There is plenty of time to reschedule 
stuff or at least put it on hold, because we just have no choice. The 
only alternative is to take a week away from the break we are expecting 
to have. So everyone should understand that it is possible the Senate 
will need to work through the weekend to get all this work done.

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