[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S3231]
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             BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
now resume consideration of House Joint Resolution 1, which the clerk 
will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 1) proposing a balanced 
     budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the joint resolution.
       Pending:
       (1) Feinstein amendment No. 274, in the nature of a 
     substitute.
       (2) Feingold amendment No. 291, to provide that receipts 
     and outlays of the Tennessee Valley Authority shall not be 
     counted as receipts or outlays for purposes of this article.
       (3) Graham amendment No. 259, to strike the limitation on 
     debt held by the public.
       (4) Graham amendment No. 298, to clarify the application of 
     the public debt limit with respect to redemptions from the 
     Social Security Trust Funds.
       (5) Kennedy amendment No. 267, to provide that the balanced 
     budget constitutional amendment does not authorize the 
     President to impound lawfully appropriated funds or impose 
     taxes, duties, or fees.
       (6) Bumpers modified motion to refer H.J. Res. 1 to the 
     Committee on the Budget with instructions.
       (7) Nunn amendment No. 299, to permit waiver of the 
     amendment during an economic emergency.
       (8) Nunn amendment No. 300, to limit judicial review.
       (9) Levin amendment No. 273, to require Congress to pass 
     legislation specifying the means for implementing and 
     enforcing a balanced budget before the balanced budget 
     amendment is submitted to the States for ratification.
       (10) Levin amendment No. 310, to provide that the Vice 
     President of the United States shall be able to cast the 
     deciding vote in the Senate if the whole number of the Senate 
     be equally divided.
       (11) Levin amendment No. 311, to provide that the Vice 
     President of the United States shall not be able to cast the 
     deciding vote in the Senate if the whole number of the Senate 
     be equally divided.
       (12) Pryor amendment No. 307, to give the people of each 
     State, through their State representatives, the right to tell 
     Congress how they would cut spending in their State in order 
     to balance the budget.
       (13) Byrd amendment No. 252, to permit outlays to exceed 
     receipts by a majority vote.
       (14) Byrd amendment No. 254, to establish that the limit on 
     the public debt shall not be increased unless Congress 
     provides by law for such an increase.
       (15) Byrd amendment No. 255, to permit the President to 
     submit an alternative budget.
       (16) Byrd amendment No. 253, to permit a bill to increase 
     revenue to become law by majority vote.
       (17) Byrd amendment No. 258, to strike any reliance on 
     estimates.
       (18) Kerry motion to commit H.J. Res. 1 to the Committee on 
     the Budget.
       (19) Hatch (for Dole) motion to recommit H.J. Res. 1 to the 
     Committee on the Budget with instructions.
       (20) Hatch (for Dole) motion to recommit H.J. Res. 1 to the 
     Committee on the Budget with instructions.
       (21) Hatch (for Dole) motion to commit H.J. Res. 1 to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary with instructions.
       (22) Hatch (for Dole) motion to commit H.J. Res. 1 to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary with instructions.
     

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