William H. Frist said "I thank Senator Boxer for allowing us to move toward completion of the Omnibus appropriations bill today. I commit to her that no later than April 30, 2005, the Senate will consider her bill to repeal the so-called Weldon amendment regarding abortion conscience clauses that is included in the Omnibus appropriations bill. When we consider that bill, we will have no less than 4 hours of debate equally divided on the bill, with Senator Boxer controlling half the time. There will be no amendment or other motions in order to the bill, and at the conclusion or yielding back of time the Senate will conduct an up-or-down vote on the Boxer bill. I further commit to the Senator from California that this debate and vote will not occur on a Monday or a Friday and that it will not occur during the evening or a late night session." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 20, 2004

I thank Senator Boxer for allowing us to move toward completion of the Omnibus appropriations bill today. I commit to her that no later than April 30, 2005, the Senate will consider her bill to repeal the so-called Weldon amendment regarding abortion conscience clauses that is included in the Omnibus appropriations bill. When we consider that bill, we will have no less than 4 hours of debate equally divided on the bill, with Senator Boxer controlling half the time. There will be no amendment or other motions in order to the bill, and at the conclusion or yielding back of time the Senate will conduct an up-or-down vote on the Boxer bill. I further commit to the Senator from California that this debate and vote will not occur on a Monday or a Friday and that it will not occur during the evening or a late night session.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the scheduling of a debate and vote on Senator Boxer's bill regarding abortion conscience clauses.

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