{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2000-12-15-pt1-PgS11825-2", "2000-12-15", 106, 2, null, null, "ORDER OF BUSINESS", "SENATE", "SENATE", "ALLOTHER", "S11825", "S11826", "[{\"name\": \"Trent Lott\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}, {\"name\": \"Frank R. Lautenberg\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "146 Cong. Rec. S11825", "Congressional Record, Volume 146 Issue 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]\n[Senate]\n[Pages S11825-S11826]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                           ORDER OF BUSINESS\n\n  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I have just spoken to Senator Daschle. We\nhave been communicating with our colleagues on the other side of the\nCapitol. I understand the Senate will shortly receive from the House\nthe appropriations bill containing the final appropriations measures,\nand we hope to have some agreement on how to proceed shortly.\n  We will notify Senators and hotline that information. Once Senator\nDaschle arrives on the floor, hopefully we can move forward with that.\nIn the meantime, there are just a couple of bits of information for our\ncolleagues about the remainder of this session and the dates for\nactivities we will have next year.\n  Of course, we hope to have the sine die adjournment resolution here\nshortly.\n  Senator Daschle and I jointly will have resolutions thanking the\nofficers of the Senate, the staff of the Senate who do just a\nmagnificent job on our behalf and on behalf of the American people\nquite often during long and weird hours. They really do a magnificent\njob, and we thank all of them for what they do.\n  Also, I see Senator Reid is here, the assistant Democratic leader. He\nhas really made a difference since he has been in his leadership\nposition. He is always calm and always diligent. He works on both sides\nof the aisle. I want to acknowledge that and thank him for all of his\nwork. I will not overdo it now because I don't want to get him into\ntrouble as we approach the last few minutes of the session.\n  I want to inform the Members of some important dates and events of\ninterest concerning the beginning of the 107th Congress. I see Senator\nDaschle is here. He can communicate with the staff. I will run over\nthese dates quickly, and then we can visit.\n  Of course, at 12 noon on Wednesday, January 3, the 107th Congress\nwill convene with an immediate live quorum, to be followed by the\nswearing-in ceremonies for the newly elected Senators.\n  I want to emphasize that. That is on January 3. It is at 12 noon.\nThere will be a live quorum, and all Senators are required by law, if\nthey want to be sworn in and receive pay, to be here for that occasion.\n  On Saturday, January 6, the Senate will proceed as a body to the Hall\nof the House of Representatives for the official counting of the\nelectoral college votes.\n  The Senate has passed a resolution that would move that to January 5,\nwhich would be a Friday, instead of Saturday, January 6. The House has\nnot yet passed that resolution. But they have indicated that they may\npass a resolution changing the date to Friday, January 5, for the\ncounting of the electoral college votes. We will let all of our\ncolleagues know exactly about that.\n  I believe we are required to proceed at 1 p.m. on either Friday,\nJanuary 5, or, as it now stands, January 6. We will make that clear\nlater on. Senators will be notified if there is a date change, if and\nwhen it is confirmed.\n  Of course, Inauguration of the 43rd President of the United States\nwill occur at 12 noon on Saturday, January 20.\n  Furthermore, because a Senate committee is a continuing body,\ncommittees may begin working on committee nominations on January 5 or\n6. Senator Daschle and I will be working on that. But there is the\npossibility, between January 3 and the Inauguration, that there could\nbe some committee hearings on nominations. We will have to work through\nthat. Of course, it will depend on the receipt of those nominations\nonce the investigations have been completed. We will work through what\ncommittees and how that will be handled. Members who might be involved\nwill be notified as early as possible, and hopefully that will be even\nbefore the end of the year.\n\n  Votes on confirmations may take place even on Saturday, January 20. I\nbelieve that has been the case in the past--if not January 20,\ncertainly beginning on Monday, January 22. We will want to move forward\nvery quickly on actually confirming the nominations. Senators will be\nfurther notified on January 3.\n\n[[Page S11826]]\n\n  Regarding the Cabinet nominations schedule, when we receive those\nnominations, again we will work together on what that schedule may be.\n  Again, I want to thank the Senate officers, Senators, and leadership\non both sides of the aisle for what I believe has been a very\nproductive session and for the dedication of Senators to the American\npeople.\n  I see Senator Daschle is here. We have some resolutions we can do if\nwe have a break here in a moment. Then we will have some that we want\nto do at the very end of the session.\n  At this point, I yield the floor if Senator Lautenberg wishes to make\nany comments.\n  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.\n  Mr. LAUTENBERG. 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