[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 73 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D550]
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                               Thursday, May 4, 1995 [[Page D550]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6131-S6191
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 757-760, and S. Con. Res. 12.
  Pages S6168-69
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 184, to establish an Office for Rare Disease Research in the 
National Institutes of Health. (S. Rept. No. 104-79)
Page S6168
Product Liability Fairness Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 
956, to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability 
litigation, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S6148-59
Adopted:
  By 60 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 149), Kyl Amendment No. 681 (to 
Amendment No. 596), to make improvements concerning alternative dispute 
resolution.
Page S6154
Rejected:
  (1) Abraham Amendment No. 600 (to Amendment No. 596), to provide for 
proportionate liability for noneconomic damages in all civil actions 
whose subject matter affects commerce. (By 51 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 
148), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6153-54
  (2) Hollings Amendment No. 682 (to Amendment No. 596), to provide for 
product liability insurance reporting. (By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 
150), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S6154-55
Pending:
  Gorton Amendment No. 596, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S6148-55
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 46 yeas to 53 nays (Vote No. 151), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Gorton Amendment No. 596, 
listed above.
Page S6155
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 152), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on Gorton Amendment No. 596, 
listed above.
Pages S6158-59
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Friday, May 5, 1995.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Andre M. Davis, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Maryland.
  Catherine C. Blake, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland.
  Herbert F. Collins, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Thrift 
Depositor Protection Oversight Board for a term of three years.
  43 Army nominations in the rank of General.
Page S6191
Communications:
  Page S6168
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S6169-81
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S6181
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S6182-83
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S6183
Authority for Committees:
  Page S6183
Additional Statements:
  Pages S6183-89
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--152)
  Pages S6154-55, S6158-59
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 6:13 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, May 5, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S6189.)