[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 203 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H15065-H15066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1996

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on 
Appropriations be discharged from further consideration of the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 131), a clean CR to extend the existing CR to 
January 26, to authorize the 2.4 percent military pay raise to be 
effective January 1, and to eliminate the 6-month disparity between 
COLA payment dates for military and civilian retirees in fiscal 1996, 
and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the guidelines consistently issued by 
successive speakers, as recorded on page 534 of the House Rules Manual, 


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the Chair is constrained not to entertain the gentleman's request until 
it has been cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee leaderships.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I would urge the Chair and the majority 
leadership to do that.

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