[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S11922]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, it is my understanding that the Senate now 
is in a position to consider the Amtrak reform bill. The bill would 
then be agreed to after brief debate.
  The Senate would then conduct a rollcall vote on the nomination of 
Judge Christina Snyder.
  Following the confirmation vote, it is my hope that the District of 
Columbia appropriations bill will be ready to be considered.
  Therefore, votes will occur with the first vote occurring at 
approximately 2:15 today.
  I thank all Senators who have been involved in these other two bills, 
and we will update them further with information as to when votes may 
occur. It is possible that another vote will occur this afternoon. But 
it depends on action in the other body with regard to the 
appropriations conference reports.
  Mr. DASCHLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, let me thank the majority leader for his 
efforts over the last 24 hours.
  I also thank the Senator from Oklahoma.
  Obviously, Democratic Senators need to be on the floor to voice their 
opposition and to object on the occasions when situations like this 
arise. We also have to work with good faith, and we intend to do that.
  There is no reason why we need to be monitoring each other if we are 
working in good faith. I think this is a misunderstanding. I appreciate 
very much the cooperation. And we will work with the majority leader to 
ensure that at some point we have a good debate about the matter that 
would be addressed by the Inhofe amendment. We will work on this matter 
in the future.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, will the leader yield?
  Mr. DASCHLE. I am happy to yield to the Senator.
  Mr. INHOFE. I want the majority leader to be aware that I did consult 
with several Democrats and Republicans before taking up the amendment. 
But I am happy to do this.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Very good.
  Again, Mr. President, let me just say that we have a lot of work to 
do. I look forward to working with the majority leader in the next 48 
hours to see if we can complete it. I am pleased that we are now able 
to move to the Amtrak bill, and nominations. We can do that, and then 
move on to other things.
  I yield the floor.

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