[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 26496]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I know that Senators are interested in the 
schedule.
  First, just very briefly, I want to recognize the achievement that 
has just taken place. A lot of hard work went into this bill over a 
long period of time by, of course, Senator Grassley, Senator Hatch, 
Senator Leahy, and Senator Torricelli. But it also took cooperation 
from Senator Wellstone. Whether he is for it or against it, I think 
again it showed that when we try we can get a final result which gets 
some 70 votes.
  I commend all of them.
  This upcoming vote on the continuing resolution should be the last 
vote of the week. It will be necessary to pass an additional continuing 
resolution on Friday. However, we are not aware of any request on the 
other side of the aisle for a rollcall vote.
  Tomorrow's continuing resolution should carry us over until Monday or 
Tuesday, and we will make further announcements to update Members as to 
the schedule for next week.
  During this time, we will be putting the finishing touches on the 
appropriations bills and a final determination on the Medicare 
adjustments.
  We are working in a bipartisan way and in a bicameral way with the 
administration.
  We hope to be able to finish the business for the year and for this 
Congress before the end of next week. It will take a lot more work, but 
we are making some progress in that direction.

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