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

                   6:15 P.M.         

The nomination of Dale Fisher was approved by a vote of 86-0.  There are no more votes this evening and the Senate will return tomorrow morning when it will reconsider the nomination of Michael Leavitt, with a vote expected at 10:30 a.m.

                   5:30 P.M.         

The Senate has started a vote on Executive Calendar, #424, the nomination of Dale Fisher to be a U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California.  The vote on nomination of Michael Leavitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has been moved to tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. and will be an up or down vote.  The vote had previously been scheduled on the motion to end debate on the nomination. 

                   4:40 P.M.         

Senator Nelson is currently speaking on the floor about why he will vote no on the motion to invoke cloture. 

                   3:20 P.M.         

With the Senate turning focus to Governor Leavitt's nomination, Senator Jeffords, Senator Allard, Senator Bennett and Senator Inhofe have come to the floor to speak in support of his nomination.  A vote on the motion to invoke cloture is expected at 5:30.

                   1:00 P.M.         

It has been a quiet morning in the Senate. Senator Mitch McConnell came to the floor to speak briefly about the Foreign Operations bill and about Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's remarks last week.  At 2:00 p.m., the Senate will begin debate on the nomination of Michael O. Leavitt to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Executive Calendar #405.

                   12:00 P.M.         

The Senate will convene, returning to consideration of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, H.R. 2800.  Senator Leahy is the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations.