[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                          Wednesday, January 11, 1995 [[Page D31]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Congressional Accountability Act.
      House committee ordered reported Balanced Budget Amendment.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S749-S818
Measures Introduced: 18 bills and 10 resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 191-208, and S. Res. 38-47.
  Pages S789-90
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 38, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on 
Appropriations.
  S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources.
  S. Res. 40, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Indian 
Affairs.
  S. Res. 41, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.
  S. Res. 43, authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
  S. Res. 45, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs.
Pages S806-10
Measures Passed:
   Congressional Accountability Act: By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 14), 
Senate passed S. 2, to make certain laws applicable to the legislative 
branch of the Federal Government, after taking action of amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S756-80
Adopted:
  Grassley/Glenn Amendment No. 16, to make technical corrections.
Pages S764-65
Rejected:
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 15, to reduce the pay of Members of Congress 
by the same percentage as other spending is reduced in any sequester 
caused by failure of Congress to meet budget limitations on spending or 
the budget deficit. (By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No. 13), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)
Pages S756-65
  Minority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 42, to make 
minority party appointments to a Senate Committee under Paragraph 3(c) 
of Rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate for the One Hundred and 
Fourth Congress.
  Page S781
  Majority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 46, making 
majority party appointments to the Ethics Committee for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S781
  Committee Chairpersons: Senate agreed to S. Res. 47, designating the 
Chairpersons of Senate committees for the 104th Congress.
  Pages S781-82
Appointments:
  Select Committee on Indian Affairs: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, and upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, pursuant 
to S. Res. 4 (95th Congress), S. Res. 448 (96th Congress), S. Res. 127 
(98th Congress), and S. Res. 100, 101st Congress, appointed the 
following Senators as the majority membership of the Select Committee 
on Indian Affairs: Senators McCain, Murkowski, Gorton, Domenici, 
Kassebaum, Nickles, Thomas, Hatch, and Coverdell.
  Page S781
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Lacy H. Thornburg, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Western District of North Carolina.
  John D. Snodgrass, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama.
  Sidney H. Stein, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
  Thadd Heartfield, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
  David Folsom, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas.
  Sandra L. Lynch, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
First Circuit.
Page S818
Messages From the House:
  Page S782 [[Page D32]] 
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Pages S782, S816
Communications:
  Page S782
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S790-S806
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S806
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S810-11
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S811
Authority for Committees:
  Page S811
Additional Statements:
  Pages S812-16
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--14)
  Pages S765, S767
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 7:17 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, January 12, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S812 
and S816.)