[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 28 (Monday, February 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D182]
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                           Monday, February 13, 1995 [[Page D182]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2533-S2581
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 395-398, and S. Res. 77.
  Page  S2569
Measures Passed:
  Committee Funding: By 91 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 64), Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 73, authorizing biennial expenditures by committees of the Senate.
  Page S2564
  Acknowledgment to Dedication to Law Enforcement Officers: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 77, to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made 
by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law 
enforcement officers.
  Pages S2580-81
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Senate continued consideration of 
H.J. Res. 1, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States, taking action on amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S2538-64
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 236, to protect the Social Security system by excluding 
the receipts and outlays of Social Security from balanced budget 
calculations.
Pages S2538-64
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the resolution on Tuesday, February 14, 1995, with a vote 
on a motion to table the pending amendment to occur at 9:30 a.m.
Page S2581
Appointments:
  Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: The Chair, on behalf 
of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 86-380, appointed Senator 
Kempthorne to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
  Page S2580
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for the middle-class; to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-17)
Page S2566
  Transmitting the Economic Report of the President; to the Joint Economic 
Committee. (PM-18)
Pages S2566-68
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Curtis L. Collier, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Tennessee.
  67 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
Page S2581
Messages From the President:
  Pages S2566-68
Messages From the House:
  Page S2568
Measures Referred:
  Page S2568
Communications:
  Pages S2568-69
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2569-78
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2578-79
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S2579
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2579
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2579
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2579-80
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--64)
  Page S2564
Recess: Senate convened at 12 Noon, and recessed at 5:54 p.m., until 9:15 
a.m., on Tuesday, February 14, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2581.)