[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2965]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Today the Senate will be in a period of morning business 
throughout the day, and tomorrow the Senate will begin consideration of 
H.R. 5, the Social Security earnings test legislation. Under a previous 
agreement, there will be approximately 4 hours of debate with three 
amendments in order to the bill. I expect votes will occur during 
Tuesday's session of the Senate on one or two of the amendments to the 
bill. However, I expect final passage will not occur until Wednesday 
morning at approximately 10 o'clock. I will need to consult further 
with the Democratic leadership as to the exact time for that vote.
  During the remainder of the week, the Senate will also consider any 
of the following items: Crop insurance legislation that was reported 
out of the Agriculture Committee a couple of weeks ago, plus any 
nominations from the Executive Calendar that might be cleared. 
Therefore, votes should be expected throughout the remainder of the 
week, certainly Wednesday and Thursday. Also, Senators should be on 
notice that we expect to begin the budget resolution next week, the 
week of March 27, and Senators may expect votes likely will occur on 
Friday, March 31.
  We had indicated earlier in the year that if we saw a Friday where 
there would very likely be some votes, we would let Senators know as 
soon as we could, in order to comply with the budget resolution rules, 
which is up to 50 hours of debate and amendments in order. Senators 
will recall that sometimes we have a number of amendments at the end of 
the process, so it could take us into Thursday night or over into that 
Friday, March 31. Of course, if there is a change in that, we will let 
Senators know, but we need to conclude that budget resolution as soon 
as possible so the Appropriations Committee can go forward with its 
bills.

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