[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 117 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10304-S10305]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DOLE. First of all, Mr. President, let me indicate there will be 
no more votes this evening. We are still hoping to have the debate 
tonight on the rescissions bill. We have an agreement that we hope we 
can reach here in the next moments. It depends on, as I understand, 
some assurance from the White House to the Senator from Minnesota, 
Senator Wellstone. But it is the majority leader's intention to have 
the debate tonight, 40 minutes of debate, 20 minutes of debate 
tomorrow, there be two back-to-back votes, then a vote on final 
passage, if necessary, tomorrow morning. If we cannot reach that 
agreement, then I really will give up on it. We tried to accommodate 
the Senator from Minnesota. It is very important that we pass this 
bill, but we need to have some movement on the other side.
  Second, I have had a lengthy phone conversation with the President 
about Bosnia. He has asked that we not have a vote on the Bosnian 
resolution, S. 21, until next week. And I have told the President I 
would--he asked me to think about it overnight and contact him 
tomorrow. So I will certainly do that. Without in any way trying to 
characterize the conversation, I think the President indicated that he 
knew that the present policy was not working. He knew that the changes 
would have to be made. He was prepared to provide the leadership 
necessary to bring about those changes. I think that is about all I can 
say about it. But, obviously, I wish to cooperate with the President 
wherever and whenever possible. So it would be my inclination that we 
not vote on the Bosnia resolution this week. But I will discuss this 

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with some of my colleagues in the morning and get back to the 
President.
  Third, we are still negotiating S. 343, the regulatory reform bill. 
Under the agreement, I can call for the regular order at any time, but 
an hour later we could have a cloture vote on S. 343. Obviously, I will 
give the Democratic leader, Senator Daschle, adequate notice before 
that is done. But there are still some negotiations underway. It is 
still our hope that we can find some common ground, though I must say 
some of the demands cannot be met. Perhaps some others can. And we 
should, hopefully, reach some final decision on that bill sometime 
tomorrow.
  Also, I hope, after we work out the rescissions agreement, that 
tomorrow morning following the vote on the rescissions package, we will 
take up legislative branch appropriations. We have notified Senator 
Mack, the subcommittee chair, so that we will start on our first 
appropriations bill somewhere between 9:30 and probably about 10 
tomorrow morning.
  So that is sort of a summary of where we are. And while I dislike not 
being able the accommodate the staff, we need to wait until we hear 
from the White House before we know that we can proceed on the 
rescissions package. Perhaps we will just have a recess until 8:15. At 
least the staff can get up and walk around.

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