[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 113 (Tuesday, September 2, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8655-S8656]
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  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report S. 1061.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1061) making appropriations for the Departments 
     of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1998, and for other purposes.

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thomas). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, earlier this morning, when the majority 
leader and I were on the floor, with Senator Harkin, the ranking member 
of the subcommittee, we discussed the sequence of the bill which is 
currently pending, and it was our plan, our expectation, to conclude 
action on this bill by tomorrow evening. We have only had one amendment 
laid down so far. The distinguished Senator from Arizona [Mr. Kyl] has 
laid down an amendment with respect to LIHEAP, but no other amendment 
has been forthcoming.
  Now is obviously a good time to offer amendments since the floor is 
clear, with ample time for consideration. We hope that anybody who has 
an amendment to offer would advise the managers of the bill, myself in 
my capacity as chairman of the subcommittee, and Senator Harkin, the 
ranking member of the subcommittee, and that we would have notification 
by the end of business today as to all amendments

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Members tend to offer. At the very latest we hope those amendments 
would be filed by noon tomorrow. We have a vote scheduled for 9:30, and 
Senators to some extent may be arriving back at this time. Certainly as 
an indicator from past practice Senators will be here tomorrow morning 
to vote at 9:30, so we hope that Senators would let us have those 
amendments so that we could plan the conclusion of the bill, sequence 
the amendments and try to conclude this bill by the end of business 
tomorrow, Wednesday night.
  I thank the Chair, and in the absence of any other Senator seeking 
recognition, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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