[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 31053]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the second session of the 106th Congress 
will convene, then, at 12 noon on Monday, January 24. We do not yet 
have absolute certainty that there will be a State of the Union Address 
the next night, although it is preliminary indicated. I believe that is 
the date we would expect to have a State of the Union Address; that is, 
Tuesday, the 25th. That could be postponed upon a request from the 
White House, but we will need to be back and in business in order to be 
here for that date.
  So there will be a need for a live quorum to establish the beginning 
of the second session on Monday. A period of morning business will 
commence for the remainder of that day. And this 12 noon cloture vote 
on Tuesday, January 25, would be the first vote of the second session 
of the 106th Congress.
  Again, I thank my colleagues for their continued cooperation and wish 
everyone a safe and happy holiday season.
  Let me say, too, we have a number of bills that are in conference 
now. I had an opportunity to discuss the schedule for next year, or 
some of the bills for next year, with the President. We have a number 
of bills that are in a position where we could get early agreement out 
of conference, including the trade bill on which we worked so hard. We 
spent 2 weeks getting that out for Africa and CBI. We could have maybe 
even done it this week but we had so many things we were working on we 
could not get that completed.
  We have the FAA reauthorization bill that good work has been done on, 
and a series of bills, including the juvenile justice bill, which we 
hope we can get early in the session next year. So we will continue to 
work on that.
  I understand we are about ready to do a series of energy bills.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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