[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. HAGEL. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, the 
Senate will be in a period of morning business until 11 a.m. with 
Senators Hagel and Durbin in control of the time. Following morning 
business, the Senate will begin postcloture debate on the bankruptcy 
conference report, with a vote scheduled to occur tomorrow at 4 p.m., 
or earlier if any of the remaining debate time is yielded back.
  It is still hoped that the remaining business of the Congress can be 
completed this week, and therefore additional votes can be expected. I 
thank my colleagues for their attention.
  Mr. REID. If the Senator will yield, I appreciate very much 
especially the last phrase of his statement. I believe it is very 
important for the American public, the people from Nebraska, and the 
people from Nevada, that we try to complete our work as quickly as 
possible, without a lot of dissension. There was a tremendous amount of 
work put into the various appropriations bills--the balanced budget 
add-on and other things we did prior to leaving here that we almost had 
completed. I hope we can join together and finish that as quickly as 
possible and not leave any undone work for the new Congress and 
President.
  I was happy to hear the acting leader indicate that we were going to 
try to finish the business we have now pending before the Congress. I 
think it will send a very good message to the American public if we can 
work together, as I believe we are going to have to do with the next 
Congress. Thank you.
  Mr. HAGEL. I thank the Senator. That is the intent of the leadership. 
Both leaders are working their way through this, and we are all hopeful 
that will produce some tangible, productive results. Thank you.

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