[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 31, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, we will 
go tomorrow morning at 9:30 immediately to the reconciliation bill, 
which is the welfare package. Under the rules I think there are 10 
hours allowed for that. Some of that time may be yielded back. So we 
would spend the bulk of the day tomorrow on that issue with the vote 
coming sometime late tomorrow afternoon. I believe the Democratic 
leader would appreciate it coming later on in the afternoon. We will 
work with him to get a time that meets with his needs.
  Then we would go to some conference reports that may be available. 
Recorded votes may be requested on those--legislative appropriations, 
D.C. appropriations. Then we would hope to take up the HUD-VA 
appropriations bills tomorrow night, and stay with that until we have 
other conference reports that may be available.
  There has been an agreement reached and the conferees' signatures 
acquired on the health insurance reform package. Senator Kassebaum, 
Senator Kennedy, many others have done a lot of good work on that. So 
we should be able to take up that health insurance package on Friday.
  I understand agreement has also been reached on the safe drinking 
water conference report, which is a very important bill. And we have 
sort of a deadline on that one. If we do not act on it by Friday, there 
is some $725 million that would move over into another fund. So really 
good work is being done.
  Also, there has been a press conference this afternoon with regard to 
the terrorism task force efforts. We have had our colleagues on both 
sides of the aisle working with the Chief of Staff and the White House. 
And they had announced earlier this afternoon, or about 2 hours ago, 
that they had made substantial progress. We believe we can take up an 
agreed-to package on the terrorism issue hopefully tomorrow or Friday.
  So a lot of good work has been done today. We will have this final 
vote here hopefully in just a few minutes and begin with welfare reform 
in the morning. Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the 
absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

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