[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1196-D1197]
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                                        Thursday, October 12, 1995 

[[Page D 1196]]


                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Agriculture Appropriations, 1996 Conference 
      Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15069-S15142
Measures Introduced: Five bills and four resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1314-1318, and S. Res. 181-184.
  Pages S15118-19
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1028, to provide increased access to health care benefits, to 
provide increased portability of health care benefits, to provide 
increased security of health care benefits, to increase the purchasing 
power of individuals and small employers, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 104-156)
  S. 1318, to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
appropriations for Amtrak. (S. Rept. No. 104-157)
Page S15118
Measures Passed:
  Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 181, relating to the 
appointment of Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S15141
  Deputy Senate Legal Counsel: Senate agreed to S. Res. 182, relating 
to the appointment of Deputy Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S15141
  Majority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 183, making 
majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S15141
  Majority Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 184, making 
majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 104th 
Congress.
  Page S15141
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act: Senate continued 
consideration of H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against the 
Castro government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a transition 
government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba, 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:

  Pages S15077-92, S15094-95, S15100-02, S15104-14
Pending:
  Dole Amendment No. 2898, in the nature of a substitute.

Pages S15077-92, S15094-95, S15100-02, S15104-14
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 2915 (to Amendment No. 2898), to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding consideration of a constitutional 
amendment to limit congressional terms.
Pages S15085-87, S15089-91
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 2916 (to Amendment No. 2915), to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding consideration of a constitutional 
amendment to limit congressional terms.
Pages S15086-87
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 56 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 488), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on Amendment No. 2898, listed above.

Pages S15113-14
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on a 
second motion to close further debate on Amendment No. 2898, listed 
above, to occur on Tuesday, October 17, 1995.
Page S15092
Agriculture Appropriations, 1996--Conference Report: Senate agreed to 
the conference report on H.R. 1976, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S15097-S15100
Change of Conferees: By unanimous-consent, the following changes were 
made to majority appropriations conferees, as indicated:
  H.R. 1868, Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1996: Senator Bennett 
in lieu of Senator Gramm;
  H.R. 2002, Transportation Appropriations, 1996: Senator Shelby in 
lieu of Senator Gramm;
  H.R. 2020, Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1996: Senator 
Campbell in lieu of Senator Gregg; and

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  H.R. 2099, VA/HUD, 1996: Senator Campbell in lieu of Senator Gramm. 
                                                            Page S15141
Appointments:
  Senate Legal Counsel: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro 
tempore, pursuant to Public Law 95-521, appointed Thomas B. Griffith as 
Senate Legal Counsel, effective as of October 24, 1995, for a term of 
service to expire at the end of the 105th Congress.
  Page S15114
  Deputy Senate Legal Counsel: The Chair, on behalf of the President 
pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 95-521, appointed Morgan J. Frankel 
as Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, effective as of October 24, 1995, for a 
term of service to expire at the end of the 105th Congress.

  Page S15114
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 
Received on Wednesday, October 11, 1995:
  P. Michael Duffy, of South Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of South Carolina.
  Sue E. Myerscough, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of Illinois.
  Jed S. Rakoff, of New York, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of New York.
  William P. Foster, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Council 
on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.
  Lowell Lee Junkins, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard.
Pages S15065-67
Messages From the House:
  Pages S15114-15
Communications:
  Page S15115
Petitions:
  Pages S15115-18
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S15118
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S15119-29
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S15129-30
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S15131-38
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S15138
Authority for Committees:
  Page S15138
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15138-41
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--488)

  Pages S15113-14
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 9:12 p.m., until 
9:45 a.m., on Friday, October 13, 1995. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S15141-42.)