[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the distinguished majority 
leader, Senator Lott, I have been asked to announce that we will 
proceed with further consideration of the appropriations bill for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. We have 
an amendment to be presented in a moment or two by the distinguished 
Senator from Missouri, Mr. Bond. We urge all Senators who have 
amendments to come to the floor to offer those amendments. Any rollcall 
votes will be considered sometime early next week under the schedule 
announced by the majority leader.
  We are trying to move ahead with this bill. There are quite a few 
Senators who have stated their intention to offer amendments. Staff and 
I have canvassed a good many of the Members in an effort to have them 
come to the floor to take up their amendments. That would help in the 
disposition of this bill. We are going to be in session until at least 
close to noon today. We do know that in the early stages of bills, 
there is time for discussion, for debate, and later the time becomes 
very crowded, time is limited, and Senators may be allotted only a few 
minutes under time agreements. So now is the time to come to take up 
the issues.
  The majority leader has also asked me to announce that the Senate may 
turn to the Department of Defense authorization bill on Monday.

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