William H. Frist: “we will return to Homeland Security appropriations in just a few minutes. Last night, we entered into an agreement to…”

“we will return to Homeland Security appropriations in just a few minutes. Last night, we entered into an agreement to provide for a series of five stacked votes beginning at 10 a.m. The first vote will be normal in length; however, the remaining votes in the series will be limited to 10-minute lengths. Senators should remain in or close to the Chamber for the purposes of voting. The two managers expect to stack other votes on amendments that are ready to be disposed of. We will announce shortly whether those will be added to the current list or if we will debate additional amendments and stack them for later this morning. It is possible to finish the Homeland Security bill today or this evening. We can do that if Senators cooperate over the course of the day. We have other important appropriations bills to consider as well as other legislative matters, executive items, over the course of the next couple of days. In all likelihood, we will go to foreign operations tomorrow, assuming--and I hope--we will finish Homeland Security today. I will turn to the Democratic leader, and then I have a few words on port security. ____________________”