Heidi Alexander: “for the information of Senators, we have an agreement on the amendments to our legislation to fix No Child Left Behind.…”

“for the information of Senators, we have an agreement on the amendments to our legislation to fix No Child Left Behind. The agreement represents all of the amendments that we will be dealing with. The exact time of the final passage will be determined by the Republican and Democratic leaders. This is how we will proceed. First, we will propose and hopefully adopt by consent a managers' package of 21 amendments. Second, we will lock in an agreement by consent to vote on 24 more amendments. That voting will begin this afternoon, perhaps, at 2:30 p.m. or 3 p.m. There are slightly more Democratic amendments than Republican amendments in that group of 45 amendments. Following the reading of that, Senator Murray and I will each have 3 or 4 minutes of remarks that we would like to make, and then we will have a cloture vote, and that will be all we will do before lunch. Following lunch, as I said, at about 2:30 p.m. or 3 p.m., we will move to vote. I am now going to move to the managers' package, a list of 21 amendments that have been cleared by both the Republican and Democratic sides. Amendments Nos. 2111; 2141; 2145; 2149; 2150; 2151, as Modified; 2154; 2155; 2157; 2234; 2170; 2178; 2181; 2185; 2195; 2216; 2199; 2201; 2225; 2224; and 2227 to Amendment No. 2089 Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up and agreed to en bloc: McCain-Reid No. 2111; Bennet-Ayotte No. 2141; Ayotte No. 2145; Udall No.…”