[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 214 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1530]
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                                           Tuesday, January 2, 1996

[[Page D1530]]


                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S19325-S19344
Measures Passed:
   Bulgaria Most-Favored-Nation Treatment/Continuing Appropriations 
Extension: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of H.R. 1643, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the 
products of Bulgaria, and the bill was then passed, after agreeing to 
the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S19339-43
  Dole Amendment No. 3115, to provide for a temporary extension of the 
Continuing Resolution (P.L. 104-56) through January 12, 1996.

Pages S19339-40
Federal Employees Back to Work Bill: Senate concurred in the amendment 
of the House to S. 1508, to assure that all Federal employees work and 
are paid, with the following amendment proposed thereto:

  Pages S19337-38
  Dole Amendment No. 3114, to strike expedited procedure language.

Page S19338
Deficit Reduction--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
that when the Senate receives from the House a bill entitled ``A bill 
to provide for deficit reduction and achieve a balanced federal budget 
by fiscal year 2002'', the bill should be considered under the 
reconciliation process, if both the Majority and Minority Leaders are 
in agreement and, once the Senate begins consideration, the bill be 
deemed a reconciliation bill, and all Congressional Budget Act 
provisions apply to the bill.
  Page S19338
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States: Transmitting the annual report 
on the Loan Guarantees to Israel Program; referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-106).
  Page S19343
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  A. Wallace Tashima, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit.
  Sidney R. Thomas, of Montana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit.
  Norman S. Johnson, of Utah, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 1999.
  John Thomas Marten, of Kansas, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Kansas.
Pages S19325, S19343, S19344
Messages From the President:
Page S19343
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S19343
Amendments Submitted:
Page S19343
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:22 p.m., 
until 11:55 a.m., on Wednesday, January 3, 1996. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S19343-44.)