BOB DOLE
KANSAS

United States Senate
OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADER
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-7020

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1987 - 12:00 noon
S-230
RANKING MEMBERS AND GOP LEADERSHIP

Dole (checked)
Armstrong (checked)
Chafee - will be late (checked)
Cochran (checked)
Boschwitz (checked)
Simpson (checked)
Thurmond (checked)
Roth
Evans (checked)
Danforth (checked)
Domenici - will be late
Garn - out of town
Warner (checked)
Hatch (checked)
Hatfield (circled)
Heinz (checked)
Lugar (checked)
Helms (checked)
Stevens (checked)
McClure (checked)
Murkowski (checked)
Packwood
Roth (checked)
Rudman (checked)
Stafford (checked)
Weicker
Cohen (checked)
Greene
Burke

[Highway Bill]
o whip check needed (Danforth) against us
o NEED to focus on both mass transit & other issues
o Armstrong really opposed to bill
o pres. needs to veto immed.
o may need WH mtg?
[Contra]
o no support for vote on movat. - filibuster in mind
[Banking]
controversial - Garn wants (illegible)
Budget banking?

[o MASS TRANSIT o DEMO PROJECTS]

Budget
Farm Credit
Lugar says its going to late time to do anything before easter = opposed

Commence Cmte.
day testing bill voted out -
Democrats opposed

Fuel Use Act Repealer
McClure says bill coming out


(page 2)
Rudman mtg @ 10a W
- hope they have agreement
- hope to grant immunity
- have agreed to witness list (35)
- hope hearings will be completed by end of July
- they have proposed jt. hearings with designated questioners

Dole
(illegible) Nunn show - we need Admin director
Warner - thinks Baker/Dole/Nickel ought come up with strategy - thinks we may be undercutting geneva
Stevens hollings going to take on Nunn -
Stevens thinks Nunn wrong -


(page 3)
BOB DOLE
KANSAS

United States Senate
OFFICE OF THE REPUBLICAN LEADER
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-7020

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1987 - 12:00 noon
S-230
RANKING MEMBERS AND GOP LEADERSHIP

(checked) Dole
(checked) Armstrong
(checked) Chafee - will be late
(checked) Cochran
(checked) Boschwitz
(checked) Simpson
(checked) Thurmond
(checked) Roth
(checked) Evans
(checked) Danforth
(checked) Domenici - will be late
Garn - out of town
(checked) Warner
Hatch
Hatfield - NO
(checked) Heinz
(checked) Lugar
(checked) Helms
(checked) Stevens
(checked) McClure
(checked) Murkowski
Packwood - NO
(checked) Roth
(checked) Rudman
(checked) Stafford
Weicker
(checked) Cohen
(checked) Greene
(checked) Burke


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RANKING MEMBERS MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1987
S-230

AGENDA
1. Happy St. Patrick's Day
2. Status of Key Legislative Issues
Budget, mark up starts today
Highway Bill, House likely to consider conference report Thursday. Administration opposes bill
Banking Bill
Supplemental Appropriations Bill
3. Identification of Areas of Potential Republican Initiatives
4. Strategy for Dealing with House Moratorium on Contra Aid
5. Update on Stevens working group on rules changes