Rollcall votes are possible during todays session. and depending on the progress that is made on the omnibus CR. there could even be votes tonight. We will begin meetings at 9:30 and get reports of the negotiations that went on into the wee hours this morning. Also. we will get a report on how negotiations are going on the illegal immigration bill. Last night. we did file a cloture motion with regard to the illegal immigration conference report with a rollcall vote on invoking cloture occurring on Monday. September 30. at a time to be determined by the two leaders. We assume that would be midafternoon. perhaps around 2 oclock on Monday. So Senators need to be aware that it will occur before 5 oclock in all likelihood. and they would need to be here for a vote earlier than that during the day. The reason for that. obviously. is it is the end of the fiscal year. and we will have other business we will be having to work on. If we get an agreement worked out. of course. then the chance is that the illegal immigration bill would be put into the CR. and it would not be necessary to have a cloture vote or further debate on the bill at that time. We will keep all Senators advised over the next couple hours what is happening with the negotiations. and. of course. we do hope to get up some of these conference reports today. I yield the floor.
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