Arlen Specter: “On scheduling, we have not been able to work out an agreement on the Inhofe amendment. The Ensign amendment is about to…”

“On scheduling, we have not been able to work out an agreement on the Inhofe amendment. The Ensign amendment is about to go. We are trying to juggle schedules with one Senator going to a graduation and another Senator going to Florida. And if we can structure our schedules to have 12:30 votes, we can have two votes at 12:30, if the Senator from Nevada would be agreeable to a time limit between now and 12:30 equally divided. We will then be in position to vote on the Kennedy amendment. We will be in a position to vote on the Ensign amendment at 12:30. If we have the consent of Senator Inhofe--I have already discussed it with him informally--to set aside his amendment, the plan is to have a vote on the Inhofe amendment this afternoon. That will give time for others to have a side-by-side. That is how I would like to proceed.”