[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1298-D1299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, November 2, 1995

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1996.
      House passed D.C. appropriations bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S16557-S16635
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1378-1387, and S.J. Res. 42.
  Page S16621
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1318, to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
appropriations for Amtrak, with an amendment.
Page S16621
Measures Passed:
  Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1996: Senate passed H.R. 2492, 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996, clearing the measure for the President.

  Pages S16571-72
  Middle East Peace Facilitation Act: Senate passed S. 1382, to extend 
the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act.
  Page S16584
  D.C. Appropriations, 1996: Pursuant to the order of Friday, September 
22, 1995, Senate passed 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, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1244, as 
passed by the Senate.
  Pages S16595-S16617
  Further, the Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference 
with the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
Page S16617
  Subsequently, S. 1244 was indefinitely postponed.
Page S16595
  David J. Wheeler Federal Building: Senate passed S. 1097, to 
designate the Federal building located at 1550 Dewey Avenue, Baker 
City, Oregon, as the ``David J. Wheeler Federal Building''.

  Page S16620
  Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act: Senate passed H.R. 436, to require 
the head of any Federal agency to differentiate between fats, oils, and 
greases of animal, marine, or vegetable origin, and other oils and 
greases, in issuing certain regulations, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S16617-20
  Dole (for Chafee) Amendment No. 3044, to make minor and technical 
changes.
Pages S16617-18
Social Security Earnings Limit: Senate began consideration of S. 1372, 
to amend the Social Security Act to increase the earnings limit, taking 
action on an amendment proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S16574-89
Pending:
  Rockefeller Amendment No. 3043, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the Senate conferees on H.R. 2491, Budget Reconciliation, should 
not agree to reductions in Medicare beyond $89 billion, and should 
reduce tax breaks for upper-income taxpayers and corporations.

Page S16581
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 53 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 562), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to waive section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act with 
respect to consideration of the pending bill. Subsequently, a point of 
order that the bill was in violation of the Congressional Budget Act 
was sustained, and the bill, pursuant to section 312(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act, was committed to the Committee on Finance.

Page S16589
Back to Basics Education Reform Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 1883, to 

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strengthen parental, local, and State control of education in the 
United States by eliminating the Department of Education and redefining 
the Federal role in education, on Tuesday, November 7, 1995.

  Page S16620
Announcements by the Chair: The Chair announced, on behalf of the 
Chairman of the Committee on Finance, pursuant to section 8002 of title 
26, United States Code, membership of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
as follows: Senators Roth, Chafee, Hatch, Moynihan, and Baucus.

  Pages S16594-95
Messages From the House:
  Page S16620
Measures Read First Time:
  Pages S16620-21
Measure Committed:
  Page S16620
Communications:
  Page S16621
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S16621-30
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S16630
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S16630-31
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S16631
Authority for Committees:
  Page S16631
Additional Statements:
  Pages S16631-35
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--562)

  Page S16589
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 5:44 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, November 3, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S16635.)