[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 147 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, on 
Friday there will be a period of morning business until 11 a.m. 
Following morning business, the Senate may consider any legislative 
items that can be cleared by unanimous consent. The Senate is expected 
to begin debate in relation to the omnibus appropriations bill at some 
point during Friday's session, while awaiting receipt of the actual 
papers from the House. It is still the hope that it can be disposed of 
by unanimous consent. However, if a rollcall vote is required, it will 
not occur prior to 5 p.m. on Friday evening.
  If the President will remember, our majority leader had agreed that 
he would offer our colleagues a 24-hour notice. Certainly, without 
additional information coming from our colleagues on the other side of 
the aisle to make that determination, the 5 o'clock time specified here 
could well advance into the evening to assure the commitment of our 
majority leader that our colleagues have that 24 hours. So Members will 
be given appropriate notification as to the exact time of that vote in 
relation to when we can offer that announcement today, or late into the 
evening today.

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