[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 95 (Monday, June 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
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                               Monday, June 12, 1995 [[Page D715]] 

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate
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Chamber Action
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Routine Proceedings, pages S8127-S8198
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 914-916.
  Page S8177
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
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  Reported on Friday, June 9, 1995, pursuant to the order of Thursday, June 
8, 1995:
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  H.R. 4, to restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, control 
welfare spending and reduce welfare dependence, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-96)
Page S8177
Telecommunications Competition/Deregulation Act: Senate continued 
consideration of S. 652, to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory 
national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector 
deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and 
services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to 
competition, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8134-76, S8188-98
Adopted:
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  By a unanimous vote of 91 yeas with one Senator voting present (Vote No. 
249), Feinstein/Lott Amendment No. 1269, to provide for the full scrambling 
on multichannel video services of sexually explicit adult programming.
Pages S8166-69
Pending:
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  (1) Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 1264, to require Department of Justice 
approval for Regional Bell Operating Company entry into long distance 
services, based on the VIII(c) standard.
Page S8134
[D12JN5-8]D715 (2) Thurmo
  (2) Thurmond Modified Amendment No. 1265 (to Amendment No. 1264), to 
provide for the review by the Attorney General of the United States of the 
entry of the Bell operating companies into interexchange telecommunications 
and manufacturing markets.
Pages S8134-62
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  Subsequently, the amendment was modified further.
Pages S8145-62
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  (3) Feinstein/Kempthorne Amendment No. 1270, to strike the authority of 
the Federal Communications Commission to preempt State or local regulations 
that establish barriers to entry for interstate or intrastate 
telecommunications services.
Pages S8170-76
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  A unanimous-consent time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 1264 and the 
Thurmond Modified Amendment No. 1265 (to Amendment No. 1264) (both listed 
above), with a vote to occur on a motion to table the Dorgan Modified 
Amendment No. 1264 on Tuesday, June 13 at 12:30 p.m.
Pages S8162, S8164
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  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, 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 Wednesday, June 14.
Page S8176
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  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 13.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed from 
the following treaties:
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  Extradition Treaty with Belgium (Treaty Doc. No. 104-7);
[D12JN5-15]D715 Supplement
  Supplementary Extradition Treaty with Belgium to Promote the Repression of 
Terrorism (Treaty Doc. No. 104-8); and
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  Extradition Treaty with Switzerland (Treaty Doc. No. 104-9).
[D12JN5-17]D715 The treati
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Pages S8176-77
Communications:
  Page S8177
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8177-82
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8182-83
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S8183
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8183-87 [[Page D716]] 
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--249)
  Page S8169
Recess: Senate convened at 12 noon, and recessed at 9:32 p.m., until 9:15 
a.m., on Tuesday, June 13, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S8188.)
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