[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 185 (Sunday, November 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S17482]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me first state, since I have told my 
colleagues I would inform them when we had any information, the 
negotiation is still ongoing as far as the continuing resolution is 
concerned. I think we made a lot of progress this afternoon. That is 
how I would characterize the exchange.
  We have exchanged options. We have now given an option to Senator 
Daschle, who I understand will be discussing it with Mr. Panetta, the 
President's Chief of Staff, and Mr. Gephardt, the Democratic leader in 
the House. Hopefully, we can, as I said earlier, resolve this this 
evening.
  If so, I think the process would be we would pass a 1-day continuing 
resolution, send it to the House, which they could act on tonight. Then 
we would hopefully pass the other agreed resolution in the Senate 
tonight, and they would take that up in the House tomorrow. Those are 
tentative indications of what would happen.
  But I wanted to speak about another very important matter.

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