[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4000]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. For the information of all Senators, if we can reach an 
agreement for a short list of amendments to the supplemental 
appropriations bill, it will be my intention to call the bill back 
before the Senate in order to complete action on it expeditiously, and 
I think that means around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Then we would 
hope to move to the line-item veto at that point.
  I urge my colleagues--I know everybody feels compelled, because it is 
permitted in the Senate, to offer everything that they have ever 
thought of on every bill that comes through here.
  I hope, at least it is my understanding, the President very much 
wants the supplemental appropriation bill. The Defense Department has 
been calling on a daily basis. I have notified the White House that if 
they were really interested in getting this bill done maybe they could 
help talk some of their colleagues off offering amendments, so we are 
working on that. We will be working on it overnight.
  If an amendment is acceptable, that is one thing. If it is something 
that is going to take a long time to debate, then we would hope it 
would be called up at a later time.

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