[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 39 (Thursday, March 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D274]
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                             Thursday, March 2, 1995 [[Page D273]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate rejected Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment 
      Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3311-S3438
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 480-493, S.J. Res. 28, and S. Res. 82-84.
  Pages S3389-90
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on the legislative and oversight activities during the 
103d Congress by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (S. Rept. 
No. 104-11)
  H.R. 889, making emergency supplemental appropriations and 
rescissions to preserve and enhance the military readiness of the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 
with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 104-12)
Page S3389
Measure Passed:
  Florida Statehood Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, saluting 
Florida on the 150th anniversary of Florida statehood.
  Page S3437
Measure Rejected:
  Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: By 65 yeas to 35 nays (Vote 
No. 98), two-thirds of Senators voting, a quorum being present, not 
having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to pass H.J. Res. 1, 
proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States.
  Pages S3311-14
  Subsequently, a motion was entered to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 
98) by which the resolution failed of passage.
Page S3314
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Alton W. Cornella, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end 
of the first session of the 104th Congress.
  Rebecca G. Cox, of California, to be a Member of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end of 
the first session of the 104th Congress.
  General James B. Davis, United States Air Force, Retired, of Florida, 
to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission 
for a term expiring at the end of the first session of the 104th 
Congress.
  S. Lee Kling, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end of the first 
session of the 104th Congress.
  Benjamin F. Montoya, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end 
of the first session of the 104th Congress.
  Wendi Louise Steele, of Texas, to be a Member of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end of 
the first session of the 104th Congress.
  Josue Robles, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission for a term expiring at the end of 
the first session of the 104th Congress.
Page S3438
Messages From the House:
  Page S3389
Measures Referred:
  Page S3389
Communications:
  Page S3389
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S3389
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3390-S3426
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3426-27
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3428-31
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3431
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3431
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3431-37
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-98)
  Page S3314
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 6:07 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Friday, March 3, 1995. [[Page D274]] (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3437.)