[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 137 (Wednesday, September 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12676-S12677]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. Again, let me indicate to my colleagues, we are trying to 
accommodate many who wish to go to the baseball game tonight, a very 
important baseball game in Baltimore. If we can work out some agreement 
where we can have a vote fairly early tomorrow morning on the 
Democratic welfare proposal--because it is my hope to 

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complete action on the welfare bill by next Tuesday, and I think we are 
making progress on our side and I hope it is going to be a bipartisan 
effort before it is over. I hope we will have Democratic support. But 
we would like to move forward and dispose of the Democratic proposal--
by ``dispose,'' I mean either adopt it or not adopt it, that would be 
disposition; hopefully not adopt it--and then to move on to amendments, 
if necessary, and I assume some will be necessary, and then complete 
action by next Tuesday.
  I think we have now completed action on seven appropriations bills. 
There are no other appropriations bills now ready for consideration. We 
may try a two-track system--I will discuss that with the Democratic 
leader--so we can keep abreast of the House on appropriations bills and 
have all appropriations bills in the President's hands by October 1.
  So it may mean some late, late, late evenings. But we will try to 
accommodate major concerns that many Senators have from time to time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Virginia.

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