[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 159 (Friday, October 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15179-S15180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, if 
cloture is invoked on Tuesday, the Senate can be expected to be in 
session into the evening in order to complete action on the Cuban 
sanctions bill. A third cloture motion was filed today. Therefore, if 
cloture is not invoked on Tuesday, a third vote will occur during 
Wednesday's session.
  Also during next week's session, the Senate can be expected to 
consider any of the following items: Labor HHS appropriations bill, if 
a consent agreement can be reached after brief consideration; NASA 
authorization; Amtrak authorization; available appropriations 
conference reports.
  I am also going to announce that the first cloture vote will not be 
before 5 p.m. on Tuesday. To clarify, there will not be any votes until 
5 p.m.
  Let me also announce that under the able leadership of Senator Roth 
of the Senate Finance Committee, the Republicans have completed action 
on the tax part of the reconciliation package--$245 billion in tax 
cuts; as far as family tax credits, $500. It is permanent.
  There are a lot of good features in this bill: capital gains rate 
reduction, estate tax, family, health, businesses, a number of 
provisions that I think the American people will certainly find to 
their liking. I want to compliment the distinguished chairman of the 
Finance Committee. This is his first tax bill. 

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  Last week, we were working on our goal to reach the reconciliation 
package on the budget resolution. I congratulate Senator Roth from 
Delaware. He has done an outstanding job in a very short time.
  It is my understanding that hopefully some time next week the full 
Senate Finance Committee will meet for markup on the tax provisions of 
the bill, and we will be able to take up the reconciliation package on 
the Senate floor, hopefully on Tuesday, October 24, under a 20-hour 
time agreement. So we should finish it without much difficulty that 
week.
  I will say that everybody wants us to complete action on welfare 
reform. It is my hope on Tuesday we will be in a position to appoint 
conferees. I am advised by the Democratic leader that that may be 
possible on Tuesday. I hope that is the case.
  We need to work very quickly on trying to reach some accommodation 
with the House and hopefully have the same strong bipartisan support we 
had on the vote in the Senate when the vote was 87 to 12, with one 
absentee. I hope we can come back to the Senate with a bill that can be 
supported by every one of the 87, plus maybe some of the others.

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