On the recordOctober 5, 2011
following leader remarks, the Senate will be in a period of morning business for 1 hour. Republicans will control the first half and the majority will control the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 1619. As a reminder to all Senators, cloture was filed on the bill last night. As a result, the filing deadline for first-degree amendments is 1 p.m. today. Unless an agreement is reached, the vote on cloture will occur tomorrow morning. The Republican leader and I have had a number of discussions, and we will decide if there will be amendments on the China trade legislation. It is my understanding that both Democrats and Republicans will offer some amendments, and certainly we can do that even though there is a cloture motion that has been filed. ____________________
