[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 179 (Monday, November 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H12177-H12178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 WAIVING PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 4(b) OF RULE XI AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF 
          CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON RULES

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, submitted a privileged 
report (Rept. No. 104-335) on the resolution (H. Res. 265) waiving a 
requirement of clause 4(b) of rule XI with respect to consideration of 
certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, which was 
referred to the House Calendar and ordered printed.
  (Mr. OBEY asked and was given permission to proceed out of order for 
1 minute.)


                          legislative program

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if this would be appropriate the 
time to ask unanimous consent that I might speak out of order in order 
to inquire of someone on the other side of the aisle what their plans 
would be for this evening's schedule?
  I yield to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Hastert].
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the majority leader, the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey], I would like to advise all Members 
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as things currently stand, we hope we will have not any additional 
votes tonight.
  However, I would advise Members that discussions initiated by the 
Speaker and the majority leader with the President will be going on 
starting at 10:00 tonight and should those talks yield any agreement 
that would necessitate action on the House floor, all Members will have 
1 hour notice to return to the Capitol.
  One other thing I might add is that if the President does veto the CR 
that has been sent down, we are obliged to pick that up tonight. So I 
would urge all Members to keep in touch with their respective 
cloakrooms.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is we are obliged to deal 
with that tonight if the House is in session.
  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
that is correct.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, if the House has completed its business on 
special orders and is not in session for special orders, could I ask 
what the plans would be then and whether under any circumstances 
Members would have an hour's notice?
  Mr. HASTERT. Under all circumstances, we will anticipate that Members 
have an hour lead time before there will be a vote. We will take 
special orders and our intention is when special orders are exhausted 
or finished, we will go into recess and wait for a report from the 
meeting at the White House. We anticipate that our Members will have 
the ability to hear what happened at the White House this evening.
  Mr. OBEY. Does the gentleman have any idea, is there any point beyond 
which you would want the House to adjourn or could we expect that we 
might be in session through 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning?

  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I would not anticipate being in session at 
that time. I would think that for the remainder of this evening, at 
least until midnight, the House would be in session so that if there is 
movement or results from the discussions tonight that we could act upon 
it or at least be advised.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, if there is not sufficient movement by, say, 
midnight or so, is it then the gentleman's understanding that there 
would be a motion to adjourn?
  Mr. HASTERT. I would say that if there is not any information or 
movement within a reasonable time, I would say that would be probably 
shortly after midnight that the House would stand adjourned.
  Mr. OBEY. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how much time I have remaining?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr. Barr of Georgia). The gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Owens] has 1 minute remaining.
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to conclude by saying, God bless 
the common sense of the American people. God bless the common sense of 
the American people as reflected in the current polls. God bless the 
common sense of the American people as reflected in the elections last 
week. God bless the common sense of the American people because it has 
brought us through a lot of manufactured crises as well as real crises. 
This is a manufactured crisis. We do not need to be as mean and extreme 
as the Republican majority in this House insists on being. We can go 
forward and we can begin to go forward by supporting education again as 
a bipartisan effort. Education should be a priority for both 
Republicans and Democrats.
  God bless the American people. God bless their common sense.

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