[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D382]
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                             Tuesday, March 21, 1995 [[Page D381]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4207-S4293
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 580-586, and S.J. Res. 31.
  Page S4262
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Monday, March 20, 1995, during the recess of the Senate:
  H.R. 831, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed 
individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain 
on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal 
Communications Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-16)
Page S4262
Measures Passed:
  Greek Independence Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 79, designating March 25, 1995, 
as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and 
American Democracy'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S4293
Legislative Line-Item Veto: Senate continued consideration of S. 4, to 
grant the power to the President to reduce budget authority, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S4210, S4212-60, S4293
Adopted:
  (1) Simon/Levin Modified Amendment No. 393 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
provide for expedited judicial review.
Pages S4244-45, S4259
Pending:
  (1) Dole Amendment No. 347, to provide for the separate enrollment 
for presentation to the President of each item of any appropriation 
bill and each item in any authorization bill or resolution providing 
direct spending or targeted tax benefits.
Pages S4222-60
  (2) Feingold Amendment No. 356 (to Amendment No. 347), to amend the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit 
consideration of non-emergency matters in emergency legislation.
Pages S4253-55
  (3) Feingold/Simon Amendment No. 362 (to Amendment No. 347), to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding deficit reduction and tax 
cuts.
Pages S4255-58
  (4) Exon Amendment No. 402 (to Amendment No. 347), to provide a 
process to ensure that savings from rescission bills be used for 
deficit reduction.
Pages S4259-60
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on Dole Amendment 
No. 347, listed above and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 
XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion 
will occur on Thursday, March 23, 1995.
Page S4212
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of a proposed Bradley amendment on Wednesday, March 22, 
1995.
Page S4260
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, March 
22, 1995, with a vote on the pending cloture motion to occur at 6 p.m.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, the report on the Export Administration Act; to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-35).
Page S4260
  Transmitting, the report of the National Science Foundation for 
fiscal year 1993; to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. (PM-
36).
Pages S4260-62
Messages From the President:
  Pages S4260-62
Messages From the House:
  Page S4262
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4262-80
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4280-81
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4281-91
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S4291-92
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4292
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4292-93
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:08 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 22, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of [[Page D382]] the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record 
on page S4293.)