[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will immediately 
proceed to a vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
proceed to the product liability bill. If cloture is invoked, the 
Senate will debate the motion to proceed until the policy luncheons at 
12:30 p.m., and following the policy luncheons, it is expected the 
Senate will resume consideration of the HUD-VA appropriations bill. It 
is hoped that Members will come to the floor this afternoon to offer 
and debate amendments to the HUD-VA bill. I understand there are some 
amendments and some very legitimate amendments. I hope we will get 
started on those early in the afternoon so that we can have a 
reasonable debate, but under a time agreement, and get to a conclusion 
as soon as we can this week on the VA-HUD bill.
  The Senate also this week will consider the IRS reform conference 
report. We are not sure exactly when that will begin. We thought about 
possibly tonight. It will depend on what happens on product liability 
and the HUD-VA bill, but we are definitely taking up the IRS reform and 
restructuring conference report before the end of the week to get a 
vote. I think this will be a tremendous reward for the American people 
for their patience, and also to help address the serious problems we 
have had with the IRS in recent years.
  I also remind Members that July is expected to be a very busy month 
with late-night sessions and votes, and votes on most Fridays and 
Mondays. If anything develops to the contrary, of course, we will 
notify Members as soon as we can. Members have to expect votes late on 
Monday afternoons and on Fridays also. We certainly need all Senators' 
cooperation to get this work done. We did get time agreements at the 
end of the session before we went out for the Fourth of July recess 
period on higher education and also on a package of energy bills. So we 
will work those in at the earliest possible opportunity this week or 
next week. I yield the floor, Mr. President.

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