[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 209 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S19295-S19296]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, Senator Dole has asked me to announce today 
that the Senate will be in only for a brief period this afternoon and 
that there will be no rollcall votes during today's session of the 
Senate.
  The Senate will complete action on any legislative or executive 
matter that can be agreed to by unanimous consent.
  For the remainder of the week, Senator Dole has stated that rollcall 
votes are not likely. However, if a rollcall vote becomes necessary, 
ample notification will be given to all Members.
  It is expected that the Senate will be in session for a brief pro 
forma session on Thursday and will return on Friday.
  Regarding Friday, just a brief update on what is scheduled to go on. 
The Senate budget negotiators are scheduled to meet on Friday morning. 
If that meeting is fruitful, there is hope there will be a meeting 
later in the afternoon or at some point later on in the day with the 
President. The leader will update the Senate and our colleagues on this 
when the Senate convenes on Friday morning.
  At this point, those are all the announcements that I have.
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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. SMITH. These calendar items have been cleared by both sides, Mr. 
President, so I ask unanimous consent that the Senate immediately 
proceed to executive session to consider the following calendar numbers 
on today's Executive Calendar: Nos. 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, and 448.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. SMITH. I further ask unanimous consent, Mr. President, that the 
nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid 
upon the table en bloc, and that any statements relating to the 
nominations appear at the appropriate place in the Record, the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and that the 
Senate then return to legislative session.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:

                              Nominations


                          department of state

       Eric James Boswell, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State.
       Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton, of the District of Columbia, a 
     Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career 
     Minister, to be Director General of the Foreign Service.
       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.
       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.
     
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       Tom Lantos, of California, to be a 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 a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.

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