[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 202 (Sunday, December 17, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18790]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, following morning business on Monday, the 
Senate will resume consideration of the DOD authorization bill. I 
understand we are trying to get an agreement when we might vote on that 
bill Tuesday morning. The House will be taking up, in late afternoon 
because of the holiday tomorrow--after 4 or 5--the D.C. appropriations 
bill, which if passed by the House and passed by the Senate would then 
at least permit D.C. workers to be back on the job.
  It is my hope that we can get an agreement on the Senate side that 
would deem the conference report passed when received in the Senate; 
otherwise we might have to stay here until late tomorrow evening. I do 
not believe there will be any rollcall votes. If a rollcall vote is 
required on that bill, we would have to wait until Tuesday morning. But 
I believe under the urgency of passing this bill we can reach some 
agreement with colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
  There will also be a vote on the motion to invoke cloture to proceed 
to the Labor-HHS appropriations bill sometime Tuesday morning after 
consultation with the two leaders.

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