[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 137 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today the Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 25, the pending campaign finance reform bill. As announced last 
week, there will be no rollcall votes during today's session. Senators 
who desire to speak with regard to the pending amendment or bill are 
encouraged to do so during today's session. We should be able to get 5 
hours or so of debate in today if the Senators are willing to speak.
  I also remind my colleagues that a cloture vote is scheduled on the 
pending amendment regarding paycheck protection at 2:15 tomorrow. Also, 
under the provisions of rule XXII, Members have until the hour of 1:30 
today in order to file timely amendments to S. 25. In addition to the 
cloture vote on the pending amendment, a cloture vote may occur on 
Tuesday on the underlying campaign finance reform bill.
  On Friday, a cloture motion was also filed on the Mack-Graham 
amendment on immigration to the D.C. appropriations bill. So it may be 
necessary to have a cloture vote during Tuesday's session on that also 
if an agreement is not reached. The Senators are working together. I 
have spoken with them and I am still hopeful that an agreement can be 
worked out.
  There are some other pending amendments on the D.C. appropriations 
bill, but we think maybe we will be able to reach a conclusion on those 
if we can get the immigration amendment by Senator Mack worked out. 
Therefore, it is possible that we could complete action on the D.C. 
appropriations bill tomorrow.
  This week, the Senate will also be considering other available 
appropriations conference reports. I talked to the chairman, Senator 
Stevens, on Friday. We think maybe there could be as many as three that 
would be ready in the next couple of days that we can bring up for 
consideration. We intend, also, to begin consideration of the ISTEA 
transportation infrastructure legislation, and we hope to be able to go 
to that on Wednesday or Thursday and spend the remainder of the week, 
except for interruptions for votes on the conference reports, on that.
  I believe we will be in session on Friday and will probably have 
votes up until around noon. But we will get more information on that as 
the day progresses.
  I yield the floor.

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