[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1447-D1448]
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                                         Tuesday, December 12, 1995

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S18373-S18448
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1468-
1471.
  Page S18442
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H. Con. Res. 42, supporting a resolution to the long-standing dispute 
regarding Cyprus.
  S. 602, to amend the NATO Participation Act of 1994 to expedite the 
transition to full membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
of European countries emerging from communist domination, with an 
amendment.
  S. 991, to amend title 38, United States Code, and other statutes, to 
extend VA's authority to operate various programs, collect copayments 
associated with provision of medical benefits, and obtain reimbursement 
from insurance companies for care furnished, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 1465, to extend au pair programs.
  S.J. Res. 43, expressing the sense of Congress regarding Wei 
Jingsheng; Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the next Panchen Lama of Tibet; and 
the human rights practices of the Government of the People's Republic 
of China.
  S. Con. Res. 14, urging the President to negotiate a new base rights 
agreement with the Government of Panama to permit United States Armed 
Forces to remain in Panama beyond December 31, 1999.
  S. Con. Res. 25, concerning the protection and continued viability of 
the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Page S18437
Measure Rejected:
  Flag Desecration: By 63 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 600), two-thirds of 
Senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate failed to pass 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, after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:
  Pages S18373-95
Rejected:
  By 5 yeas to 93 nays (Vote No. 597), Biden Amendment No. 3093, in the 
nature of a substitute.
Pages S18391-92
  By 28 yeas to 71 nays (Vote No. 599), McConnell Amendment No. 3097, 
in the nature of a substitute.
Page S18393
Withdrawn:
  Hollings Amendment No. 3096, to propose a balanced budget amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States.
Page S18393
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 598), Senate sustained a point of 
order against Hollings Amendment No. 3095, to propose a balanced budget 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as being in 
violation of the consent agreement of December 8, 1995, which states 
that all amendments must be relevant to the subject matter of flag 
desecration, and the amendment thus fell.
Pages S18392-93
Bosnia Deployment: Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from 
further consideration of H.R. 2606, to prohibit the use of funds 
appropriated to the Department of Defense from being used for the 
deployment on the ground of United States Armed Forces in the Republic 
of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of any peacekeeping operation, or as 
part of any implementation force, unless funds for such deployment are 
specifically appropriated by law, and Senate began consideration 
thereon.
  Pages S18395, S18397-S18431
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, December 13, 1995, with a vote 
to occur thereon at 12:30 p.m.
Page S18431
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  A. E. Dick Howard, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term 
of six years.
  James P. Jones, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Virginia.

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  Cheryl B. Wattley, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Texas.
Page S18448
Messages From the House:
  Page S18437
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S18437-42
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S18442-44
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S18444
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S18444-45
Additional Statements:
  Pages S18445-48
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total-600)

  Pages S18391-95
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 9:47 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, December 13, 1995. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S18448.)