The Focus of Today's Session will be the
Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

                   3:00 P.M.         

The Senate has adjourned until 12:00 p.m. on Monday, October 27th. 

                   12:30 P.M.         

Senator Dayton of Minnesota recently spoke on the floor about the one year anniversary of the plane crash that claimed the life of Senator Paul Wellstone.  Senator Lautenberg and Senator Reed have also paid tribute to the life of Senator Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, and others whose lives were claimed in the crash.

                   10:30 A.M.         

Debate on the Foreign Operations bill began with Senator Mitch McConnell offering a summary of the Senate version of this bill, outlining the amount of assistance that is allocated in the bill for programs such as the Peace Corps and the International AIDS Initiative.  Senators are hoping to pass this bill early next week, so that it can go to conference, where the differences between the House and Senate versions will be resolved.

                   9:30 A.M.         

The Senate starts today with an hour of morning business before beginning debate on H.R.2800, the FY2004 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill.  Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, and Senator Patrick Leahy is the Ranking Member.  The Subcommittee on Foreign Operations was not one of the original Appropriations subcommittees. In 1867, when the Appropriations Committee was created, the original 13 subcommittees were Agriculture, Army, Deficiencies, Diplomatic and Consular, District of Columbia, Fortification, Indian, Legislative, Military Academy, Navy, Pensions, Post Office, and Sundry Civil.