[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 196 (Monday, December 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1443]
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                                          Monday, December 11, 1995

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S18305-S18371
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1462-1467, and S.J. Res. 43.
  Pages S18362-63
Flag Desecration: Senate resumed consideration of S.J. Res. 31, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States, taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S18315-33, S18336-60
Adopted:
  Hatch/Heflin/Feinstein Amendment No. 3094, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S18324-26
Pending:
  Biden Amendment No. 3093, in the nature of a substitute.

Pages S18320-24
  Hollings Amendment No. 3095, to propose a balanced budget amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States.
Pages S18326-29
  Hollings Amendment No. 3096, to propose a balanced budget amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States.
Pages S18329-33
  McConnell Amendment No. 3097, in the nature of a substitute.

Pages S18344-60
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Tuesday, 
December 12, 1995, with votes to occur thereon.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the Bosnian Serb Sanctions; referred to 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-101).

Pages S18360-62
  Transmitting the report on ordering the selected reserve of the armed 
forces to active duty; referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 
(PM-102).
Page S18362
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Princeton Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Alfred C. DeCotiis, of New Jersey, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Joseph Lane Kirkland, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fiftieth Session 
of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Tom Lantos, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, of New York, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fiftieth Session 
of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Toby Roth, of Wisconsin, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  A routine list in the Navy.
Page S18371
Messages From the President:
  Pages S18360-62
Communications:
  Page S18362
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S18363-64
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S18364
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S18364-65
Additional Statements:
  Pages S18365-70
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:31 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Tuesday, December 12, 1995. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S18371.)