[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      MEASURE READ FOR THE FIRST TIME--HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 132

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I inquire of the Chair if House Joint 
Resolution 132 has arrived from the House.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. It has.
  Mr. LOTT. I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the joint resolution for 
the first time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 132) affirming that budget 
     negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and 
     economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and 
     shall achieve a balanced budget by fiscal year 2002 based on 
     those assumptions.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now ask for the second reading of the 
joint resolution, and I object to my own request on behalf of the 
Democratic leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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