[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 132 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10103]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today the Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 25, the pending campaign finance reform bill.
  As a reminder to all Senators, no votes will occur during today's 
session of the Senate. The next vote will occur 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 
September 30, on the motion to invoke cloture on the Coats amendment 
regarding scholarships. That amendment is to the District of Columbia 
appropriations bill, which is the last appropriations bill that we need 
to pass through the Senate for this fiscal year. It is hoped that the 
Senate will be able to complete action on the D.C. appropriations bill 
on Tuesday, although there are still some amendments that are being 
negotiated that could require more time, maybe even another cloture 
vote. I hope it will be worked out, though. Also during Tuesday's 
session of the Senate, the Senate will consider the continuing 
resolution. As Members are aware, we have been able to make good 
progress on the appropriations bills, so it is hoped that the 
continuing resolution and the remaining appropriations conference 
reports can be acted upon in a timely manner. We don't know of any 
problem with the continuing resolution. We think and we hope that it 
will be a clean CR, with a limited amount of time for debate, although 
we have not worked out those details yet. I will discuss it with the 
minority leader and we will advise the Members as to how much time 
would be required there.
  With those things in mind, Members can anticipate votes throughout 
the day on Tuesday. With regard to the pending campaign finance reform 
bill, I encourage all Members to come to the floor and participate in 
this important debate. We will have time throughout this week, even 
though we will, of course, be affected, regarding how much time we can 
use toward the end of the week on this debate, by the Jewish religious 
holiday. We still need to work with those that would be needing leave 
to go to their respective States, as to how we will deal with that on 
Thursday and Friday. We will work that out.
  As I announced last week, there will be no votes after 1 p.m. on 
Wednesday in observance of the Jewish holiday. However, the Senate will 
remain in session as is necessary in order for Members to fully debate 
S. 25. Still, we will need to talk about exactly how we will do that to 
make sure we are not inconveniencing any Senator that would need to be 
away for the Jewish holiday who would also like to be involved in that 
debate. We will work that through as the week goes on.
  Mr. President, I believe now we are ready for the reporting of S. 25 
by the clerk and the modification by Senator McCain.

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