[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S6761]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this morning there will be a period for 
continued debate on S. 1219, the campaign finance reform bill, with the 
time equally divided between the two leaders or their designees.


                      Unanimous-Consent Agreement

  I understand that there has been a request for an extension of that 
debate, therefore I now ask unanimous consent that debate be extended 
until 1 p.m. today under the previous conditions, and further that 
Senators have until 1 p.m. in order to file second-degree amendments to 
the campaign finance reform bill as well as first-degree amendments to 
the DOD bill.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. I might just note that has been cleared by the Democratic 
leadership. This just does provide for an additional 30 minutes of 
debate on the campaign finance reform bill.
  At 2:15 today, under the previous order, the Senate will proceed to a 
rollcall vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the campaign finance 
reform bill. If cloture is not invoked, the Senate is expected to 
resume consideration of the Department of Defense authorization bill; 
therefore, further rollcall votes are expected throughout today's 
session.
  As a further reminder, a cloture motion was filed on the DOD 
authorization bill last night, with that vote to occur on Wednesday of 
this week. Also, the Senate will recess from the hour of 1 to 2:15 p.m. 
today, in order for the weekly policy conferences to meet.

  I hope the cloture vote on DOD authorization may not be necessary, 
but from what I saw last week, the Senate has not yet gotten serious 
about completing this legislation. We must do it this week. We will do 
it this week. We just have to get on with the amendments. So we 
probably can expect to go into the night tonight and may very well 
tomorrow also.
  I might also just say, I plan to meet later on this morning with the 
Democratic leader and see if we can come to an agreement on how to 
handle the small business tax relief and minimum wage issue, beginning 
on Monday, July 8.
  I yield the floor.

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