[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 51 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3809-S3810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the Senate will resume now the consideration 
of the Craig amendment, numbered 2316, pending to the NATO enlargement 
treaty. Under the previous order, the time until 12 o'clock noon will 
be equally divided for debate on the Craig amendment. At 12:00 noon, 
Senator Moynihan will offer an amendment regarding the European Union 
under a 1-hour time agreement. Following that debate, Senator Warner 
will be recognized to offer an amendment relating to a 3-year pause 
under a 2-hour time agreement.
  At the hour of 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Senate will proceed to 
three consecutive stacked rollcall votes. The first vote will be on or 
in relation to the Moynihan amendment, to be followed by a vote on 
Senator Warner's amendment, to be followed by a vote on Senator Craig's 
amendment. These are three very important and very critical amendments. 
I hope the Senators will be able to listen to the debate and be here 
for the votes at 3 p.m. I hope all three amendments will be defeated. I 
will speak on that briefly in a moment.
  I remind my colleagues that last night we reached a unanimous consent 
agreement which limits amendments to the treaty. I know the chairman 
and the ranking member have been working hard to see that many of these 
amendments can be accepted or worked out in a way they can be accepted 
without a rollcall vote. As for those amendments that cannot be 
accepted by voice vote, I urge those Senators to work with the managers 
on the treaty to consider their amendments this afternoon under short 
time agreements. I think there are only two or three that are still 
sort of in that category. I hope that Senators will be reasonable.
  We have had a good debate, I think a high level of debate, on this 
important treaty issue. Senators have been able to make their case. 
Amendments have been considered, and others are being considered today. 
I think it is time we vote. We know the substance. We have had many, 
many hearings. We know the arguments. Let's bring it to a conclusion.
  I hope that no Senator will be dilatory in bringing up his or her 
amendment this afternoon. Bring amendments up quickly with a short time 
agreement so we can complete that vote tonight. It is time to vote. 
There are a number of Senators who would like to see this completed at 
a reasonable hour so they can attend to other very important matters, 
including a bipartisan delegation that is going overseas to see if some 
of our allies will not be more helpful to us in covering the costs of 
our Persian Gulf efforts with regard to Iraq. This is a very, very 
important trip. It has been encouraged by the joint leadership. I hope 
they can get away at a reasonable hour so they can maximize their time 
over the weekend.
  In the remainder of the week, the Senate may consider the 
supplemental appropriations conference report. I spoke to the chairman 
this morning. He believes we will have that ready to be acted on by the 
Senate this afternoon. In addition, there is an agreement for 
consideration of S. 1186, long in the process of being developed and 
agreed to. That is the Work Force Development Partnership Act. We have 
a time agreement with some amendments in order in that time agreement.
  I thank my colleagues for their cooperation in getting the lineup for 
the amendments this afternoon.

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