[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, today the Senate will begin a period of 
morning business until 1 p.m. Following morning business, the Senate 
will begin consideration of S. 248, the United Nations debt reduction 
legislation. Senators should be prepared to vote on the legislation at 
approximately 2 p.m. today. Therefore, those Senators who intend to 
debate the bill should work with the bill managers to schedule floor 
time as soon as possible. Senators will be notified as soon as the vote 
time has been locked in.
  I wish to thank my colleagues for their cooperation.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assistant Democratic leader.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, the Senate is getting a lot of important 
work done. The more we can work without having a lot of quorums, the 
better off we are. The time for morning business has been used well. I 
think we had even the beginnings of a good debate on the tax issue. 
That is important. The American people are looking to Members to come 
up with something that is important to them and important to the 
country with the tax issue before the Senate.
  With the bipartisan tone that has been set in the early stages of 
this Congress, I hope the debate will continue to be civil and 
constructive, and I hope we can come up with something constructive 
that is the best for the American people.

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