[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                             Wednesday, May 24, 1995 [[Page D656]] 

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 9 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7281-S7403
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 848-
850.
  Page S7388
Congressional Budget:  Senate continued consideration of S. Con. Res. 
13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
2002, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7281-S7371
Adopted:
  (1) By 85 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 186), Hatfield Amendment No. 
1133, to restore funds cut from the National Institutes of Health.
Pages S7293-S7304, S7307
  (2) Domenici Amendment No. 1145, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Page S7331
  (3) Domenici (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1146, to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding the establishment of a nonpartisan advisory 
commission on budgeting and accounting.
Pages S7331-32
  (4) Domenici (for Dole) Amendment No. 1147, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the reforms and proposals contained within the 
Independent Budget for Veterans Affairs, fiscal year 1996, should be 
given careful consideration in an effort to ensure the Nation's 
commitment to its veterans.
Page S7333
  (5) By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 188), McConnell Amendment No. 
1148, to provide for continued funding for economic development in 
Appalachian Region.
Pages S7336-39
  (6) By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 192), Coverdell Amendment No. 
1152, to express the sense of the Senate regarding reimbursement to the 
States for the costs of implementing the National Voter Registration 
Act of 1993 under budget function 800.
Pages S7345-46
  (7) By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 194), Exon (for Kerry) Amendment 
No. 1153, to maintain public funding for Presidential campaigns.
Pages S7346-50
  (8) By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 193), McConnell 
Amendment No. 1154 (to Amendment No. 1153), to express the sense of the 
Senate on use of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund in regard to 
sexual harassment.
Pages S7347-49
  (9) Domenici/Grassley Amendment No. 1156, to retain the prohibition 
against off-budget funding for the Internal Revenue Service and to 
express the sense of the Senate that funding for tax compliance efforts 
should be a top priority and that the assumptions underlying the 
functional totals in this resolution include the administration's full 
request for the I.R.S.
Pages S7350-51
  (10) Exon (for Boxer) Amendment No. 1158, to express the sense of the 
Congress that no member of Congress may use campaign funds to defend 
against sexual harassment lawsuits. (By 1 yea to 99 nays (Vote No. 
196), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S7351-52
  (11) By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 197), Dole Amendment No. 1159 
(to Amendment No. 1158), to express the sense of the Congress that no 
member of Congress or the Executive Branch may use campaign funds or 
privately donated funds to defend against sexual harassment lawsuits.
Page S7351
  (12) Exon (for Murray) Amendment No. 1164, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Federal Government has a financial responsibility 
to schools in our Nation's communities which are adversely affected by 
Federal activities and that funding for such responsibilities should 
not be reduced or eliminated.
Page S7361
  (13) Exon (for Pell) Modified Amendment No. 1165, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding student loan cuts.
Pages S7361-62, S7364
  (14) Exon (for Lautenberg) Amendment No. 1166, to repeal the ex-
patriot tax loophole and put the money into veterans programs.
Pages S7362-64
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  (15) By 97 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 202), Domenici (for McCain) 
Amendment No. 1167 (to Amendment No. 1166), to repeal the ex-patriot 
tax loophole and use the money to eliminate the social security 
earnings penalty.
Pages S7363-64
Rejected:
  (1) By 28 yeas to 71 nays (Vote No. 181), Harkin/Bumpers Amendment 
No. 1126, to reduce unnecessary military spending, holding military 
spending to a freeze in overall spending over 7 years protecting 
readiness and modernization activities, and shifting the savings to 
education and job training, restoring a portion of the reductions 
proposed for those programs in the resolution.
Pages S7305-06
  (2) By 44 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 182), Feingold/Hollings Amendment 
No. 1127, to strike the budget surplus allowance provision (Section 
204) from the resolution to eliminate the use of the fiscal dividend 
for further tax cuts.
Page S7306
  (3) Bumpers Amendment No. 1130, to strike the proposed change in the 
budget process rules which would permit the scoring of revenue derived 
from the sale of federal assets. (By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 183), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7304-06
  (4) Dodd Amendment No. 1131 (to Amendment No. 1128), to restore 
$28,000,000,000 in outlays over seven years to reduce by 
$16,000,000,000 the discretionary cuts proposed in education and reduce 
the reconciliation instruction to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources by $12,000,000,000 by closing corporate tax loopholes. (By 51 
yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 184), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7290-93, S7306
  (5) By 39 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 185), Snowe Amendment No. 1128, 
to increase funding for mandatory spending in function 500 (Education).
Pages S7281-93, S7307
  (6) By 50 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 189), Sarbanes Amendment No. 
1149, to restore the cuts to Federal retirement programs by providing 
that the Federal retirement programs will continue to calculate 
retirement benefits from the average of an employee's high 3 years of 
service.
Pages S7339-40
  (7) Roth Amendment No. 1150, to prohibit including revenues in the 
budget resolution based on oil and gas leasing within the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge. (By 56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 190), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7340-43
  (8) Glenn Amendment No. 1157 (to Amendment No. 1156), to strike 
provisions providing for a repeal of the IRS allowance. (By 58 yeas to 
42 nays (Vote No. 195), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7350-51
  (9) Exon (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 1162, to express the sense of 
the Senate on the importance of research, technology, and trade 
promotion and trade law enforcement programs. (By 53 yeas to 47 nays 
(Vote No. 200), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7353-60
Withdrawn:
  Hatfield/Jeffords Amendment No. 1132, to restore funds cut from the 
National Institutes of Health.
Page S7293
  During consideration of this measure today, the Senate took the 
following action:
  By 46 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 187), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 with respect to consideration of Boxer Amendment No. 1134, to 
establish a prohibition of legislation that would include a tax cut 
unless 90 percent of the benefits go to the middle class. Subsequently, 
a point of order that the amendment was in violation of Section 
305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the 
amendment was ruled out of order.
Pages S7307-08, S7316-17, S7334-35
  By 31 yeas to 69 nays (Vote No. 191), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 with respect to consideration of Exon Amendment No. 1151, to 
restore funding for agriculture and nutrition programs. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the amendment was in violation of Section 305(b)(2) 
was sustained, and the amendment was ruled out of order.
Pages S7344-45
  Exon (for Glenn) Amendment No. 1155, to restore the IRS compliance 
initiative, became moot upon adoption of Domenici/Grassley Amendment 
No. 1156, listed above.
Pages S7350-51
  By 40 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 198), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 with respect to consideration of Exon Amendment No. 1160, to 
limit increases in the public debt. Subsequently, a point of order that 
the amendment was in violation of Section 305(b)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment was ruled out 
of order.
Pages S7352-53
  By 41 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 199), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 with respect to consideration of Exon (for Moynihan) Amendment 
No. 1161, to restore funding to the AFDC and JOBS programs by using 
amounts set aside for a tax cut. Subsequently, a point of order that 
the amendment was in violation [[Page D658]] of Section 305(b)(2) was 
sustained, and the amendment was ruled out of order.
Page S7353
  By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 201), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to waive section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 with respect to consideration of Exon (for Murray) Amendment 
No. 1163, to protect children receiving health care insurance under 
Medicaid. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in 
violation of Section 305(b)(2) was sustained, and the amendment was 
ruled out of order.
Pages S7360-61
  Senate will resume consideration of the resolution on Thursday, May 
25, 1995, with further votes to occur thereon.
Supplemental Rescissions Conference Report: Senate began consideration 
of the conference report on H.R. 1158, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for additional disaster assistance and making 
rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
  Pages S7371-85
  Senate will resume consideration of the conference report on 
Thursday, May 25, 1995, with a vote to occur thereon.
Appointments:
Office of Compliance: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, pursuant to Public Law 104-1, announced the joint 
appointment of the following individuals as members of the Board of 
Directors of the Office of Compliance: Glen D. Nager, of Washington, 
D.C., for a term of 5 years and to serve as Chair; Virginia A. Seitz, 
of Washington, D.C., for a term of 5 years; Jerry M. Hunter, of 
Missouri, for a term of 4 years; James N. Adler, of California, for a 
term of 4 years; and Lawrence Z. Lorber, of Washington, D.C., for a 
term of 3 years.
  Page S7401
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on aeronautics and space for fiscal year 
1994; referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation. (PM-52).
Page S7388
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Linda Lee Robertson, of Oklahoma, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of 
the Treasury.
  Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., of Kentucky, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Kentucky.
  Robert H. Whaley, of Washington, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Washington.
  B. Lynn Winmill, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Idaho.
  A routine list in the Marine Corps.
Page S7403
Messages From the President:
                                                    Pages S7387-88
Messages From the House:
                                                        Page S7388
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S7389-90
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                    Pages S7390-91
Amendments Submitted:
                                                    Pages S7391-99
Authority for Committees:
                                                 Pages S7399-S7400
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S7400-01
Record Votes: Twenty-two record votes were taken today. (Total--202)
  Pages S7305-07, S7334-35, S7339-40, S7343, S7345-46, S7349-51, S7353, 
S7360-61, S7363-64
Recess: Senate convened at 8 a.m., and recessed at 8:42 p.m., until 9 
a.m., on Thursday, May 25, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7403.)