[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 44 (Monday, April 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S2481]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, for the information of all Senators, 
the Senate will convene at 10 a.m. and be in a period for morning 
business until 12:30 p.m. A number of Senators have indicated they 
would like to speak prior to the cloture vote on the gas tax repeal 
legislation. Therefore, there will be up to 2\1/2\ hours for that 
debate.
  Following the policy luncheons, there will be an additional 10 
minutes of debate, to be followed by the vote on invoking cloture on S. 
2285, the Federal Fuels Tax Holiday.
  I now ask unanimous consent that Senators have until 2:20 p.m. on 
Tuesday in order to file timely second-degree amendments to S. 2285.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. NICKLES. In addition, it was my hope that today we could have 
reached agreement for the consideration of the marriage tax penalty. 
That is not possible today; however, I still hope that we will be able 
to begin consideration of that measure during tomorrow's session. I 
will continue to work toward that result. If an agreement is not 
reached on Tuesday, it may be necessary to begin the process to move 
that bill forward.
  I thank all of my colleagues for their cooperation.

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