Roy Blunt: “As I said, we intend to have that bill on the floor next week. I think it is probably more likely to be on Thursday, but…”

“As I said, we intend to have that bill on the floor next week. I think it is probably more likely to be on Thursday, but that decision will be a lot easier to make once we get a greater sense of how all of the work next week will present itself. Certainly we hope to have these two appropriations measures on the floor; and as we have discussed before in the last few minutes, the importance of getting them done next week. The PATRIOT Act also will be on the floor next week, we anticipate. {time} 1600 And depending on how that work becomes available to us will determine the scheduling of the border security provisions. I do not think it is likely that that will be on the floor on Wednesday, but it is not impossible. I think it is more likely that that bill will be on the floor on Thursday, or maybe even later if other measures present themselves quicker than we think.”