[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today, the Senate will immediately resume 
consideration of S. 1745, the Department of Defense authorization bill 
and the pending Dorgan amendment. There will be 15 minutes of debate on 
the Dorgan amendment this morning, with a vote on or in relation to 
that amendment immediately following that debate time.
  Also, Senators should be reminded after this morning's vote, there 
will be other votes, of course, throughout the day. We will be doing 
our very best to keep the time limit on the votes to 20 minutes. There 
are always extenuating circumstances, but we will start off today by 
trying to keep that commitment. Senators are encouraged to respond 
promptly to the votes, and if you have amendments that you want to 
offer, please be here with them so we can have those amendments offered 
and debate so we can do it during the daylight instead of very, very 
late tonight.
  Mr. President, also, I announce that the Democratic leader and I are 
continuing with negotiations with respect to minimum wage, small 
business tax package, and other issues. We are in hope of reaching some 
agreement shortly with respect to this issue and all the other related 
matters. We have not been able to complete that effort, but we are 
working on it very seriously. We hope to be able to get that done 
shortly. We will come to the floor and make that announcement.
  I yield the floor.

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