At 3:00 p.m., the Senate will be in a period of Morning Business, with Senators permitted to speak up to 10 minutes each. There will be no roll call VOTES on Monday. On Tuesday, September 23 at a time to be determined, the Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 6049, the Tax Extenders bill. There will be 60 minutes of general debate, equally divided, on the bill. In addition, there will be 60 minutes of debate, equally divided, permitted for each of the following three amendments. Please note that these are the only amendments in order:

• Baucus/Grassley substitute amendment containing Energy Tax Extenders, fully offset by a Section 199 freeze, basis reporting, Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) surtax, foreign oil and gas extraction income (FOGEI), and foreign oil related income (FORI) and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; would provide tax cuts in the amount of $16.934 billion with offsets in the amount of $16.995 billion, resulting in net revenue of $61 million over ten years; • Reid perfecting amendment containing an Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch and other extenders or an AMT stand alone package, fully offset (offsets are unknown at this time); and • Baucus/Grassley perfecting amendment containing personal/business extenders, AMT, and disaster relief, partially offset by deferred compensation, which raises taxes by $25 billion over ten years. This partial offset for the third amendment results in an overall net tax cut of $112 billion over five years and $106 billion over 10 years; would provide tax cuts in the amount of $131.473 billion with an offset in the amount of $25.161 billion, resulting in a net tax cut of $112 billion over five years and $106.312 billion over ten years. This amendment may be subject to a budget point of order from Senator Conrad. Each amendment will be subject to a 60-vote threshold in order to pass. Following the use or yielding back of debate time and disposition of amendments, the Senate will VOTE on final passage of the bill.

Thursday, September 18’s Business:

During Thursday’s session of the Senate, no roll call votes were conducted.

6 Items Passed by Unanimous Consent:

S. 2606, the United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act with a Lieberman substitute amendment; S. 531, a bill to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett Freeze"; S. Res. 601, designating October 19 through October 25, 2008, as `National Save for Retirement Week'; S. Res. 623, recognizing the importance of the role of the Lander Trail in the settlement of the American West on the 150th anniversary of the Lander Trail; S. Res. 650, recognizing the importance of National Neighbor Day, National Good Neighbor Day, and National Neighborhood Day; and S. Res. 667, Prostate Cancer Awareness.