Page 1: POLICY LUNCHEON AGENDA Tuesday, July 30, 1991 GUEST: Secretary Cheney Schedule: 1. Pending: - Agriculture Appropriations - Motion to Proceed to Unemployment Bill -- post cloture time elapses Wednesday morning. 2. Other Issues: A. Available Appropriations Bills: - Labor/HHS -- very controversial - Interior -- controversial, Wallop and others - Commerce State Justice -- should go relatively quickly B. Unemployment Insurance - May need vote against cloture on 1st vote to give Administration and Republicans time. - Ask Republicans not to co-sponsor -- trying to devise less costly, more responsible alternative. C. DOD Authorization -- variety of controversial issues. - B2 - SDI - Women in Combat - Abortion D. Appropriations Conference Reports -- if available 3. Briefing on BCCI Available -- Sign up sheet being distributed. HANDOUTS - Wall Street Journal -- GOP Recruitment - Shortcomings of Bentsen Bill Page 2: SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 29, 1991 TODAY, TUESDAY, JULY 30 (line drawn through section) THE SENATE WILL RECONVENE AT 2:15 P.M., AND AT 2:20 P.M., A ROLL CALL VOTE WILL OCCUR ON THE LEAHY AMENDMENT RE: WETLANDS, TO THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL. UNDER A PREVIOUS UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT, 2 AMENDMENTS REMAIN TO THE BILL, THEREFORE, A FINAL PASSAGE VOTE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY AFTERNOON, ON THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE MAJORITY LEADER HAS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO THEN TURN TO THE STATE/JUSTICE/COMMERCE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FOLLOWING THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL, AND THAT THE SENATE WILL BE IN SESSION LATE EACH NIGHT, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE OUR BUSINESS BEFORE THE AUGUST RECESS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 A CLOTURE PETITION WAS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN FILED ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BILL. THAT CLOTURE VOTE WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY, OF THIS WEEK. IN THE MEANTIME, THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO CONSIDER AND DISPOSE OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AUGUST RECESS: AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL ST./JUSTICE/COMMERCE APPROPRIATIONS BILL INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS BILL D.O.D. AUTHORIZATION BILL NOTE: THE MAJORITY LEADER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO HAVE A SATURDAY SESSION, IF THE SENATE CAN NOT COMPLETE ACTION ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS, BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON FRIDAY.