[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 28 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1964]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will be in a period 
for morning business until 12 noon. At noon, the Senate will proceed to 
executive session to begin up to 6 hours of debate on the nomination of 
Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson to be a district judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, with a vote occurring on or in relation to 
that nomination on Tuesday at approximately 2:15. As was announced on 
Friday, we do expect to have at least one rollcall vote today beginning 
at approximately 5:30. We will be voting on an Executive Calendar 
nomination or on a Kosovo resolution if language can be worked out. I 
understand the assistant majority leader, Senator Nickles, is working 
on that with the Senator from Connecticut, Senator Dodd. We hope they 
will get the language worked out so that we can have discussion and, 
hopefully, a vote on that important resolution. I think it is timely. 
As always, we will alert Members as to precisely when that vote is 
scheduled for and what it will be on.
  Today, with regard to the Massiah-Jackson nomination, there are up to 
6 hours of debate and 3 hours and 15 minutes on Tuesday. Following that 
debate, at 12:15, the Senate will proceed to a vote on invoking cloture 
on the motion to proceed to H.R. 2646, the Coverdell A+ education bill. 
Therefore, Senators can expect at least one vote today at approximately 
5:30, as well as a vote on Tuesday, at 12:15 on cloture on the motion 
to proceed to Coverdell, and then the vote on the Massiah-Jackson 
nomination.
  We are still hoping to clear for passage the Texas low-level waste 
legislation and the international shipping bill. Senators can therefore 
expect that to come up. Once we can get an agreement worked out, I 
think, on the low-level waste issue, hopefully the vote will not be a 
rollcall vote and it can be worked out and we can have a voice vote. 
Also, the shipping bill has been through a long process over the last 2 
years. Senators on both sides of the aisle have worked on that 
important issue. Senator Gorton has indicated he would have just one 
amendment and he would agree to a 1-hour time agreement. But that bill 
is being held up now by, I believe, the Senator from Illinois because 
of some judicial nominations. Perhaps that can be worked out some way 
this week.
  When you consider the nominations that will be voted on this week, 
the possibility of the low-level waste legislation and international 
shipping, as well as the Coverdell A+ education bill, we are going to 
have a busy week. If we can finish the Coverdell A+ issue without 
filibusters on the motion to proceed, as well as going to the substance 
of the bill, instead of just being able to get started on it Thursday, 
then we can go to NATO enlargement. If we don't get some cooperation on 
the education bill, which is very important for families and children 
in America and their education needs, then that will push off the NATO 
enlargement bill until sometime next week.
  Now, the Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up the two 
supplemental appropriations bills beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. So 
we will have one or both of those available as soon as the House acts, 
although that could still be a couple of weeks, as I understand it. We 
will be ready to go in the Senate. The Budget Committee is marking up 
the first concurrent budget resolution on Tuesday as well. So we can 
expect those two issues also to come up within the next 2 weeks, or 
certainly before we go out for the Easter recess.
  Mr. President, I am looking forward to cooperation this week and a 
very productive week on behalf of the American people.
  I yield the floor.




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