[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11902]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. LOTT. I might say, Mr. President, since the Democratic leader is 
here, we have a couple things we are trying to work out. I believe by 
10:30 a.m., we will have those problems resolved and that we can 
continue to consider the Inhofe amendment or the second-degree 
amendment to it and get the Amtrak legislation also cleared and other 
issues we will still be working on.
  Mr. President, tomorrow, the Senate will then be in a period for 
morning business from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The Senate may also 
consider and complete action on any of the following: Amtrak reform, 
the D.C. appropriations bill--even though there may be some problems 
with that now, we will continue to try to see if we can work through 
that--and any other additional legislative or executive items that can 
be cleared for action. Therefore, Members can anticipate rollcall votes 
throughout Friday's session of the Senate.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I will just ask for the information of 
our colleagues whether this might be an appropriate time to inform our 
colleagues that we are not prepared at this point to talk about the 
weekend, but that they should be prepared to stay here this weekend, 
given the uncertainty of the schedule.
  Would the majority leader care to comment on that?
  Mr. LOTT. Well, I think that is a good notice. I think Members are 
already thinking that may be the case. I have already canceled my own 
events for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. And we will continue to work 
to see if we can find a way to complete action on the three 
appropriations conference reports. And, of course, we will be waiting 
to see what the House does on fast track. And depending on that, then, 
of course, we would proceed accordingly.
  But if it is at all possible that we can finish our work on Saturday 
or Sunday, which I still think we can, I would think we should stay 
here and get that work done. If we cannot, then we will have to 
consider the alternatives, but Members should begin to be aware of it. 
And the odds are now that we will be in session Saturday and even 
possibly Sunday.

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