[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 25879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                           LEGISLATIVE LIMBO

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, we just had an exchange on the floor where 
the minority whip asked some questions about what the schedule was. I 
was trying to get clarification as well because I understand we are 
here on a daily CR at the behest of the President, who suggested we 
stay here on a 24-hour basis to get our work done. Now in the last 12 
hours, I understand Mr. Daschle and Mr. Gephardt met with Mr. Podesta 
from the White House and suggested that we have a 14-day CR that has 
been taken up by the Senate and passed and the Senate has left town.
  Now, we did not negotiate that. We did not request it. We did not ask 
for it. We are here working, and we will continue to work. But I would 
like somebody to come to the floor today and make the point whether in 
fact Mr. Gephardt and others negotiated a 14-day CR with Mr. Lott, the 
majority leader on the Senate side, so we can figure out are we working 
this weekend, are we going to do the people's work, or are we taking a 
14-day break to campaign on behalf of the minority.

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