[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 25615]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, for the majority leader, I wish to 
announce today's program.
  The Senate will be in a period of morning business until 6 p.m. with 
Senators Lott, Reid, and Wellstone in control of the time. Today the 
Senate will agree by unanimous consent to the continuing resolution 
that funds the Government until tomorrow.
  As a reminder, cloture was filed on the bankruptcy bill yesterday, 
and that vote will occur tomorrow morning possibly around 9:30 a.m. A 
vote on a continuing resolution will also take place during Wednesday's 
session. The President has vetoed the important legislative branch and 
Treasury-Postal appropriations bills. However, negotiations will 
continue to try to come to a consensus to fund all Government programs 
throughout the year.
  I thank my colleagues for their attention.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to my friend from Iowa, the acting 
leader today, that, of course, we are very disappointed that the 
tremendous work done by all the participants, Republicans and 
Democrats, Senator Stevens, Senator Byrd, Senator Harkin--it was a 
bipartisan effort--yesterday morning we had an agreement on the very 
important Labor-HHS bill. As a result of the actions of the whip of the 
House, Tom DeLay, that bill fell through. It was a terrible 
disappointment for everybody. We hope that there is a way to complete 
action on these bills. Each day that goes by, I become less encouraged, 
but I hope that something can be worked out.
  Yesterday, we had the makings of a very important compromise. I am 
disappointed that it fell through.
  Mr. President, we are going into, as has already been announced by 
Senator Grassley, 4 hours of morning business. On this side, we have 2 
hours, or whatever part thereof remains from the brief statements of 
Senator Grassley and I. The time was basically set aside for Senator 
Wellstone. He has another issue that he wants to speak about; namely, 
bankruptcy. But he graciously has consented to allowing Senators Boxer, 
Baucus, Dorgan, Durbin, and Harkin to have 5 minutes each during his 
time.
  I personally express my appreciation to the Senator from Minnesota 
for allowing these Senators to speak. I again say that it is too bad we 
are not completing all of our work here today rather than figuring out 
some way to get out of town in the next few days.
  So I would ask unanimous consent that those people--Senators Boxer, 
Baucus, Dorgan, Durbin, and Harkin--be allowed 5 minutes each during 
the time of morning business today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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