[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S921]
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                   RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY LEADER

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the 
distinguished majority leader.
  Mr. LOTT. Thank you, Mr. President.


                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today the Senate will be in a period of 
morning business until the hour of 12:30, with Senators permitted to 
speak for up to 10 minutes each. At 12:30 today the Senate will recess 
until 2:15 to allow the weekly policy conferences to meet.
  Following the conferences, the Senate may consider a Senate 
resolution regarding mammograms, which was submitted by Senator Snowe. 
It is my hope we will be able to enter a short time limitation for 
debate and then have a rollcall vote on the adoption of that 
resolution. All Members will be notified when that agreement is reached 
as well as when the rollcall vote can be expected. We hope that we will 
have that vote probably not later than 4 o'clock or so this afternoon, 
but we will give the specific time a little later in the morning.
  As expected, yesterday the Judiciary Committee did file their report 
on the constitutional amendment on the balanced budget. The report 
became available this morning and, therefore, under the rule, the 
Senate may begin consideration of that joint resolution on Thursday. It 
is possible that we may begin opening statements on the balanced budget 
amendment on Wednesday, tomorrow afternoon. I will notify all Members 
of that schedule after I confer further with the democratic leader.
  In addition, several committees are expected to complete their work 
on some of the pending nominations during this week. Once again, I will 
alert all Members as to the Senate schedule with respect to these 
nominees. We have at least a couple that are close to being reported. 
We hope to have a vote on those Thursday, if at all possible.
  Of course, on Thursday morning we will also be notified of the 
President's budget proposals, and we hope to have a quick meeting with 
the President up here on Capitol Hill in the President's room certainly 
within the next week. We are still working on the specifics and details 
of that meeting, so we can begin to actually roll up our sleeves and 
begin work on items where we think there is a good possibility for 
agreement so that we can move things, like the balanced budget 
agreement, some tax relief for working Americans, improvements in 
education at the local level with parents being involved on behalf of 
the children's interests, safer streets, safer neighborhoods, and toxic 
and nuclear waste cleanup. These are areas where we have a lot of 
common interests, concerns, and we should go to work on these big 
issues as quickly as we possibly can.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ashcroft). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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