[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 20 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. LOTT. So, now, for the information of all Senators, tomorrow 
morning the Senate will be resuming debate on the pending Reid 
amendment to the balanced budget resolution. At 2:10 p.m. tomorrow the 
Senate will begin 5 minutes of closing remarks followed by a rollcall 
vote on adoption of House Joint Resolution 36, the resolution regarding 
U.N. population funding.
  Following that vote, the Senate then will resume debate on the Reid 
amendment, with a vote occurring on or in relation to the amendment at 
6 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
  As a reminder, the Senate will debate Senator Feinstein's amendment 
on Wednesday morning, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Following the 
vote at 11 on or in relation to the Feinstein amendment, Senator 
Torricelli will be recognized to offer an amendment relating to capital 
budgeting. That amendment is limited to 3 hours for debate.
  I thank my colleagues for their cooperation in allowing us to 
schedule these votes, and I hope we can continue to make progress on 
this important matter. It is my understanding that just prior to our 
weekly party conferences, the Democratic leader and I will be able to 
consult, and hopefully he will be in a position to enter into an 
agreement outlining the remaining amendments in order to the 
constitutional amendment. Once that agreement is reached, then we will 
be in a better position to notify our Members with respect to votes 
during the remainder of this week.
  It is my intention at this time to have votes on Friday on 
amendments, if necessary, unless we can get an agreement to the 
contrary. We should know about this tomorrow, and we will let the 
Members know for sure about votes on Friday and/or Monday.
  We want to have, and we have had, a full and fair debate on this very 
important constitutional amendment, and there have been amendments to 
that language that have been fully discussed. We continue to reach 
agreements on those amendments, including a Feinstein amendment, the 
Reid amendment, and for the Torricelli amendment. But I do think there 
is a point, at some time, when we need to come to closure on the 
amendments that are in order, have those debated and voted on if 
necessary, and then get to final passage. I hope we can get that worked 
out in the next couple of days.

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