[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 167 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1261-D1262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Bills Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 2538-2553; 1 private bill, H.R. 
2554; and 2 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 111, and H. Res. 246 were 
introduced.
  Pages H10993-94
Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows:
  Conference report on H.R. 1905, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996 (H. 
Rept. 104-293);
  H.R. 2546, making appropriations for the Government of the District 
of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1996 (H. Rept. 104-294); and
  Conference report on H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996.
Pages H10913-93
Committees To Sit: The following committees and their subcommittees 
received permission to sit today during the proceedings of the House 
under the 5-minute rule: Committees on Commerce, Government Reform and 
Oversight, International Relations, the Judiciary, Resources, and 
Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Page H10853
Social Security Earnings Limit: By a yea-and-nay vote of 414 years to 5 
nays, Roll No. 740, the House agreed to H. Con. Res. 109, expressing 
the sense of the Congress regarding the need for reform of the Social 
Security earnings limit.
  Pages H10868-72
Budget Reconciliation: By a yea-and-nay vote of 227 yeas to 203 nays, 
Roll No. 743, the House passed H.R. 2491, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 1996.
  Page H10872-H11365
  Rejected the Gephardt motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Budget with modifications to preserve and protect the health and income 
security of our seniors and our children and to achieve fairness by 
denying revenue reductions favoring the rich and excluding revenue 
increases on working class families and to retain section 5003 relating 
to Federal retirement provisions for Members of Congress and 
congressional employees (rejected by a yea-and-nay vote of 180 yeas to 
250 nays, Roll No. 742).
Pages H11362-65
  Agreed to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute made 
in order by the rule (text of H.R. 2517, as modified by the rule).

Pages H10995-H11192
  Rejected the Orton amendment in the nature of a substitute that 
sought to balance the budget in 7 years without a tax cut; reduce 
mandatory and discretionary spending; cut Medicare by $170 billion over 
7 years; cut Medicaid by $82 billion; not include language in the bill 
relating to pension provisions or student loans; and scale back cuts in 
agriculture, Federal employees retirement and the Earned Income Tax 
Credits (rejected by a recorded vote of 72 ayes to 356 noes, with 1 
voting ``present'', Role No. 741).
Pages H11221-H11362
  H. Res. 245, the rule under which the concurrent resolution and the 
bill were considered, was agreed to earlier by a recorded vote of 235 
ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 739. Agreed to order the previous question 
on the resolution by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 ayes to 191 nays, Roll 
No. 738.
Pages H10853-68
Late Report: Conferees received permission to have until midnight 
tonight to file a report on H.R. 1868, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
  Page H11365
Legislative Program: The Majority Leader announced the legislative 
program for the week of October 30. Agreed to adjourn from Thursday to 
Monday.
  Pages H11365-66
Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with Calendar Wednesday business 
of November 1.
  Pages H11366

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Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of the House today and appear on pages 
H10867, H10867-68, H10872, H11361, H11364-65, and H11365. There were no 
quorum calls.
Adjournment: Met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 8:59 p.m.