(page 1) AGENDA LEADERSHIP MEETING 12:15 - S- 230 JULY 11, 1989 :selected: 1. Review of Mitchell's Legislative Priorities Thurmond/debt collection :selected: 2. Support for Administration position on FSX :selected: 3. Support for Administration position on minimum wage :selected: 4. Republican position on President's campaign reform package :selected: · Dole Thurmond Cochran Armstrong Chafee Nickles · '90 races - what can we do to help - need strong Nickles - can we add constitutional amend. to debt limit/to debt limit · (illegible) - Mixed review · Chafee (illegible) some of banking bill- thinks we need to revisit again this year. Nickles really wants votes orchestrated to get guys on (illegible). Armstrong raised serious problems : EPA and staff- causing Problems in west - very liberal folks - same problem at interior (page 2) Environment is real issue in lots of races - (page 3) GEORGE J. MITCHELL MAINE United States Senate Office of the Majority Leader Washington, DC 20510-7010 July 5, 1989 Dear Colleague: I am writing to provide you with a list of the legislation that I expect the Senate to consider during the weeks prior to the August recess. This is not an exclusive list, other items may be scheduled as they become available. The list includes the following: All available Appropriations Bills Rural Development Bill, S. 1036 Americans with Disabilities Act, S.933 >State Department Authorization, S. 1160 >Foreign Aid Authorization Legal Immigration, S. 358 Debt Limit Extension :circled: Reconciliation Bill Defense Authorization Expected FSX Veto Override Other Authorizations and Conference Reports Executive Calendar Nominations This list does not necessarily reflect the order in which these items will be considered. It is obvious, given the amount of important legislation included in this list, that the Senate will be very busy during the month of July. Rollcall votes are possible on Monday evenings July 17 and 24, after 5 p.m. I will attempt to adhere to the schedule that provides for no rollcall votes after 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and no rollcall votes after 3 p.m. on Fridays. Late sessions, with rollcall votes, can be anticipated on all Thursdays. The exception to this policy will be the week of July 31 to August 4, just prior to the August recess. In order to complete the necessary legislative business, rollcall votes may occur earlier than 5 p.m. on Monday, July 31; after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 1 and Wednesday, August, 2; and after 3 p.m. on Friday, August 4. I appreciate your continued cooperation as we attempt to maintain a predictable schedule and complete the Nation's business. Sincerely, (signature of Mitchell) George J. Mitchell (page 4) THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT S. 7 MAJOR PROVISIONS: Restrictions on Political Action Committees Lower the PAC contribution limit to $1,000 from $5,000 per candidate per election: Require PACs to give their members the names and addresses of all federal candidates and the national political parties; and require PACs to let their members "earmark" their contributions for particular parties. Raised Individual Contribution Limit in Congressional Elections Increase the individual contribution limit for Congressional candidates to $2,000 from $1,000 per election. Broadcast Discount/Campaign Cost Reduction Allow Presidential and Congressional candidates to purchase non-preemptible time at the lowest unit charge for preemptible time, in the last 45 days before the primary and the last 60 days before the general election. Full Disclosure of "Soft Money" Spending Require corporations, PACs, labor organizations, and non-profits to report all spending "for the purpose of influencing a federal election" through soft money activities, including voter drives, telephone banks, and membership communications. Strengthened Disclosure of Party Finances Require complete disclosure by all national political party committees of receipts, expenditures, and soft money activities in Presidential and Congressional elections. Enlarging the Role of Political Parties Increase the limit on "coordinated expenditures" by national political parties to $0.05 from $0.02, multiplied by the voting age population of each state, and to $25,000 from $10,000 for Representatives from states with more than one Representative. Prohibition against Bundling Prohibit all bundling of contributions, except by political party committees. Controls on Independent Expenditures Define "independent expenditure" to prohibit consultation with a candidate or his agents; and require the FEC to hold a hearing within three days of any formal complaint of collusion between an independent expenditure committee and a candidate. (page 5) -- 2 -- Require all independently-financed political communications, to disclose the person or organization financing it; require that disclosure be complete and conspicuous; and require timely notice to all candidates of the communication's placement and content. Constrict the "Millionaire's Loophole" Require Presidential and Congressional candidates to declare upon filing for an election whether they intend to spend or loan over $250,000 in personal funds in the race; raise the individual contribution limit to $10,000 from $2,000 for all opponents of a candidate who declares such an intention. Prohibit candidates from recovering personal funds or loans put into their race from contributions raised after the election. The effective date of this legislation shall be November 7, 1989. (page 6) TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1989 GOP SENATE LEADERSHIP 12:15 p.m. S-230 Dole Armstrong Chafee Cochran Nickles Simpson Thurmond (page 7) Subject: Gop Senate Leadership DATE Tues, July 11 TIME: 12:15 LOCATION: S-230 REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP Senator Position Invited Yes No Armstrong Policy Chairman :selected: :selected: Chafee Conference :selected: :selected: Cochran Conference Secretary :selected: :selected: Dole Republican Leader :selected: :selected: Nickles Senatorial Committee :selected: :selected: Simpson Asst. Republican Leader :selected: :selected: Thurmond :selected: :selected: RANKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Senator Ranking Member Invited Yes No Boschwitz Small Business Chafee Environment Cohen Intelligence Danforth Commerce Domenici Budget Garn Banking Hatch Labor Hatfield Appropriations Heinz Special-Aging Helms Foreign Relations Lugar Agriculture McCain Select-Indian Affairs McClure Energy Murkowski Veterans Affairs Packwood Finance Roth Govt. Affairs & Jt Eco. Cmte. Rudman Select-Ethics Stevens Rules & Administration Thurmond Judiciary Warner Armed Services REPUBLICANS Bond Kassebaum Burns Kasten Coats Lott D'Amato Mack Durenberger McConnell Gorton Pressier Gramm Specter Grassley Symms Humphrey Wallop Jeffords Wilson OTHERS: DEMOCRATS Adams Kennedy Baucus Kerrey Bentsen Kerry Biden Kohl Bingaman Lautenberg Boren Leahy Bradley Levin Breaux Lieberman Bryant Matsunaga Bumpers Metzenbaum Burdick Mikulski Byrd Mitchell Conrad Moynihan Cranston Nunn Daschle Pell DeConcini Pryor Dixon Reid Dodd Riegle Exon Robb Ford Rockefeller Fowler Sanford Glenn Sarbanes Gore Sasser Graham Shelby Harkin Simon Heflin Wirth Hollings Inouye Johnston GPO: 1989 92-509 (m)