[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1250]
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                                       Wednesday, October 25, 1995 

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S15595-S15705
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1361-
1363.
  Page S15686
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1097, to designate the Federal building located at 1550 Dewey 
Avenue, Baker City, Oregon, as the ``David J. Wheeler Federal 
Building''.
Budget Reconciliation: Senate began consideration of S. 1357, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996, with the following 
motions/amendments pending thereto:
  Pages S15599-S15606, S15615-83
  (1) Rockefeller motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance 
with instructions.
Pages S15616-51
  (2) Brown Modified Amendment No. 2949 (to instructions of motion to 
commit), instructions that the committee should consider the findings 
of the trustees of the Federal Insurance Trust Fund.
Pages S15631-51
  (3) Abraham Amendment No. 2950, to establish beneficiary incentive 
programs to collect information on fraud and abuse against the medicare 
program and to collect information on program efficiency.

Pages S15651-75
  (4) Harkin Amendment No. 2957 (to Amendment No. 2950), to strengthen 
efforts to combat Medicare waste, fraud and abuse.
Pages S15670-75
  (5) Bradley motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance 
with instructions.
Pages S15676-83
  (6) Nickles/Brown Amendment No. 2958 (to Bradley motion to commit the 
bill), to increase the Earned Income Tax Credit for families.

Pages S15681-83
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of certain amendments/motions to be proposed to the bill.

Pages S15682-83, S15705
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, October 
26, 1995.
Appointments:
  Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 86-380, appointed 
Senator Thomas to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental 
Relations, vice Senator Dorgan.
  Page S15705
Messages From the House:
  Pages S15685-86
Measures Referred:
  Page S15686
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S15686-87
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S15687
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S15687-99
Authority for Committees:
  Page S15699
Additional Statements:
  Pages S15699-S15704
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 11:58 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Thursday, October 26, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S15705.)