[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 17, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S15201]
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     CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY [LIBERTAD] ACT OF 1995

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.


                    Amendment No. 2916, As Modified

  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I send a modification of my second-
degree amendment to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is so 
modified.
  The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

       Strike all after the word ``Sec.  .'' and insert the 
     following:

     SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF A 
                   CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO LIMIT CONGRESSIONAL 
                   TERMS.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate 
     should pass a constitutional amendment limiting the number of 
     terms Members of Congress can serve.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.
  Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I offer this amendment to clarify the 
sense of the Senate that would be expressed, and the amendment makes 
very clear the simplicity of this sense-of-the-Senate resolution.
  The sense-of-the-Senate resolution would read as follows:

       It is the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Senate should 
     pass a constitutional amendment limiting the number of terms 
     Members of Congress can serve.

  I think that is a straightforward statement of the intention and 
sentiment which I believe the American people have as their agenda for 
reform, and I believe we should advance that agenda of reform in 
accordance with their clear mandate last fall.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, what is the pending business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. H.R. 927 is the pending business.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may proceed 
for not to exceed 10 minutes as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The 
pending business, H.R. 927, is set aside and the Senator is recognized 
for 10 minutes to proceed as in morning business.

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