[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H12312-H12313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. ARMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thought I would take a minute to advise our 
Members that we expect no more votes this evening. The House will 
reconvene tomorrow morning at 10.
  We should expect tomorrow morning that we will be able to deal with 
some possible appropriations conference reports, the foreign operations 
conference report, the Interior conference report, the Treasury-Postal 
conference report. All of these are subject to a rule.
  Then, of course, it is also possible, Mr. Speaker, and I have no 
definitive information, but Members should be aware it is also possible 
that there could be some action on a continuing resolution. Those, 
basically, are the comments I would like to make.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ARMEY. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gentleman if he expects 
the reconciliation conference to be voted on in the House on Friday.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for his inquiry.
  My best guess at this time is that we would expect to vote on the 
reconciliation conference report on Friday, the Balanced Budget Act on 
Friday, and we 

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would then, I suppose, in all prudence, have to advise Members that 
pending action by the other body, we might be prepared to be working 
Saturday as well.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. If the gentleman will continue to yield, obviously, 
betting is not allowed on the floor of the House, but I am sure that 
was a friendly wager and not a bet.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the gentleman, I appreciate 
that. It is actually a penance that is paid for rhetorical aberrations.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
to reiterate again, I am sure the gentleman said it, but I want to make 
sure others heard it, the gentleman said there was a likelihood that we 
would be in session on Saturday and Sunday of this weekend, is that not 
correct?
  Mr. ARMEY. I am afraid that is correct, and I think it is only fair 
that we advise Members of that possibility.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. I thank the gentleman.

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