Senate Session 14th of November
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| 11:00:21 . ,? 11:00:38 the presiding officer: the senate will come to order the chaplain dr. barry black, will lead. the prayer the chaplain: let us pray eternaerl spirit, who brings 11:00:55 a rich har hvest with your footsteps, mountains melt in.n your presence you. are robed with honor. and majesty.st we praise your name and celebrate atyour goodness remind us that without your |
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| 11:01:11 help, there is no national security may we focus less on what we cwean accoacmplish and more on your unstoppable providence send your peace into the hearts of our senators. 11:01:28 take away distracting inworries and fill them with faith cleanse them from any anbitter or unforgiving inspirit, as you give them contentment in serving you and thi 11:01:45 s great nation inspire them with the courage agto work and build a world without dividing walls we pray in your holy name amen |
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| 11:02:02 . the presiding officer: please join me in recitinitg the pledge of all aegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the unitedit states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, individisible with liberty and justice for all.l 11:02:19 ,i the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senatene the clerk: washington, d.c, novenomber 14, 2005 to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, 1paragraph 3, of th 11:02:35 e standing rules of the senate, i do hereby appoint the honorable lamar alexander a senator from the state of tennessee, to perform the duites of the chairha signed: ted stevens, president pro tempore mr. frist: mr. president?` the presiding officer: tr:he majority leader` mr. frist: mr. president, today we'll b 11:02:52 e returning to. the defense. authorization bill we've spent about. six days. -- -i think this is. our sixth day on the. bill we spent five. or. six days. on. o it several months ago urn. the consent agreement from last thursday. -- under. the consent agreement from last thursday, we. wil wl. debate th |
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| 11:03:09 e final. amendments to the defense. authorization bill. today and then tomorrow. morning we'll have a series. os.f. votes on. the remaining. amendments. concluding? with a vote. on. final passage of that bill those. amendments. include two amendments relating. to. our policies in. iraq? and. 11:03:25 se cond-degree amendments to. the graham amendmentme on othe. status of detainees we will. start those votes at` about. 10:45 tomorrow. morning and, therefore we. will. finish the.th defense appropriations. - or authorization bill prior to. our normal recess. that. wt.e. take. on tuesday.s. for our 11:03:42 respective policy lunches i also want. to. remin my colleagues that. at. 4:30. today, we'll. begin an. hour. of. debate on the. energy and water appropriations conference. report9.9 report this wil wl. be. our sixth conference report we've. done. homeland. security 11:03:58 . and interior agriculture ledge branch and then. foreign ops this will ilbe number. six as. we continue tueo. - to. bring these bills. across. the floor one by one we will. have. a vote. at. about 5:30 today after that hour. of. debate. on ener |
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| 11:04:15 gy and water appropriations in addition. to. those two matters, we. have. a whole host of other. important issues. to` address. prior to. adjourning. for thanksgivingng most common. question. i guess is on the schedulede. and wh 11:04:32 at.ha time. we will - we. will. be. getting out for. thanksgiving. and, of course,e the. holidays. in. december. as. well9.9 well in the?@ short-term, this. week. we may. consider. the tax reconciliation under the statutory. time. limitation as. 11:04:48 provided by. the budgeudt. act the. budget. act providevis. for up to 20. 2 hours of. debate. on. that bill and therefore, we could have late nights during. this week in order. to. finish. that. tax bill we have. five. remaining appropriation. conference. rep ror rts. |
