[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 61 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4760-S4761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, for the information of all of my colleagues, 
we will resume consideration of the White House Travel Office 
legislation tomorrow morning. There will be a cloture vote at 2:15 on 
that measure, and under the rules of cloture, second-degree amendments 
must be filed with the clerk by 12:30 on Tuesday. It is hoped the 
Senate could dispose of the White House Travel Office bill by the close 
of business Tuesday. Rollcall votes could therefore be expected 
throughout Tuesday's session of the Senate.
  As I understand it, there really is no objection to the underlying 
bill, the travel office bill, the reimbursement to Billy Dale and 
others, and there should not be any objection. I guess the objection is 
we filled up the tree, so to speak, and other additional amendments 
cannot be offered.
  Tomorrow I will submit to the Democratic leader, my colleague, 
Senator Daschle, a proposal on gas tax. Tomorrow is tax freedom day. It 
will be a great day to send a message, a small message but a message to 
the American taxpayers that we are going to relieve at least some of 
their burden. It is about a $5 billion per year burden, a 4.3-cent gas 
tax which was made permanent in 1993 in the Clinton tax increase bill, 
which amounted to $265 billion. So we hope we might get consent to take 
up the gas tax, attach it to the taxpayers bill of rights, which is 
pending at the desk, pass it with one amendment, send it to the House 
and the House will take action.
  We are now working on how we pay for the repeal of the tax. Obviously 
we want to pay for it. We are not going to add to the deficit. I will 
visit with the Democratic leader about that tomorrow and also offer a 
proposal on minimum wage, where we might take up the minimum wage, 
under what conditions, so that we might proceed with the business of 
the Senate and not have to file cloture on every bill.
  I know the Democrats feel strongly about their issues. We feel 
strongly

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about some of ours. So, hopefully, we can resolve these by agreement. 
If not, we will just have to see what happens.

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