[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3161-S3162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
proceed to consideration of S. Con. Res. 20, which the clerk will 
report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 20) setting forth the 
     congressional budget for the United States Government for 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2009.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.


                         Privilege Of The Floor

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the staff 
of the Senate Budget Committee, including fellows and detailees named 
on the list that I send to the desk, be permitted to remain on the 
Senate floor during consideration of S. Con. Res. 20.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. I ask unanimous consent the list be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

               Staff List: Senate Committee on the Budget


                             majority staff

       Amy Call.
       Jim Capretta.
       Winnie Chang.
       Lisa Cieplak.
       Allen Cutler.
       Larry Dye.
       Beth Felder.
       Rachel Forward.
       Alice Grant.
       Jim Hearn.
       Bill Hoagland.
       Carole McGuire.
       Mieko Nakabayashi.
       Maureen O'Neill.
       Kristin Omberg.
       Cheri Reidy.
       Brian Riley.
       Amy Smith.
       Bob Stevenson.
       Marc Sumerlin.
       Winslow Wheeler.
       Sandra Wiseman.
       Gary Ziehe.


                             minority staff

       Amy Abraham.
       Claudia Arko.
       Jim Esquea.
       Dan Katz.
       Bruce King.
       Lisa Konwinski.
       Martin Morris.
       Jon Rosenwasser.
       Paul Seltman.
       Jeff Siegel.
       Barry Strumpf.
       Mitch Warren.


                          administrative staff

       Kelly Creighton.
       Alex Green.
       Sahand Sarshar.
       Lamar Staples.
       Lynne Seymour.
       George Woodall.

  Mr. DOMENICI. On behalf of Senator Lautenberg, I ask unanimous 
consent that Sue Nelson and Ted Zegers be granted the privilege of the 
floor during consideration of the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask consent the privilege of the floor 
be granted to the following members of my staff, of the Budget 
Committee staff on the Republican side: Austin Smythe and Anne Miller.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
presence and use of small electronic calculators be permitted on the 
floor of the Senate during consideration of the fiscal year 2000 
concurrent resolution on the budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I assume we are now on the resolution 
and time is now running under the 35 hours that remain.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I am quite sure my friend Senator 
Lautenberg would concur that we all know, more or less, what the issues 
are. We have gone through the Budget Committee and most of the major 
issues have been debated there and amendments offered--some accepted, 
some failed. I don't think there is really any reason we cannot finish 
at a reasonable time and take this recess if Senators on both sides 
cooperate.
  I urge that on my side also. There is tentatively, on my side--I know 
when we talk to them that it is not going to

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remain this way, but they are talking about 30 or 40 amendments, almost 
all of which are sense-of-the-Senate amendments. We will never get out 
of here if that happens. Normally the minority has about twice as many. 
So add that up and we will have 120. We could just start voting now and 
we would not go home for the recess. So I urge we consider our own 
well-being and what is really necessary to get this job done.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I am constrained to say to the Senator 
from New Mexico, I thought I had problems on the supplemental bill.
  To hear about this number of amendments is staggering.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I am going to attend a hearing for about 
25 or 30 minutes, and we will have a Budget Committee Senator down very 
shortly. In the meantime, Senator Stevens is given whatever privileges 
I have.
  I yield to Senator Thurmond as much time as he desires. I will give 
him that time off the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.

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