[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D135-D136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, March 5, 1996

[[Page D135]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate agreed to Cuban Liberty Act Conference Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1479-S1536
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1585-1590, and S.J. Res. 50.
  Page S1516
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 782, to amend title 18 of the United States Code to allow 
members of employee associations to represent their views before the 
United States Government, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. Res. 219, designating March 25, 1996 as ``Greek Independence Day: 
A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
  S. Res. 227, to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries 
and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater 
Development Corporation and Related Matters.
Page S1516
D.C. Appropriations--Conference Report: Senate resumed consideration of 
the conference report on H.R. 2546, making appropriations for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
  Pages S1506-12
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 53 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 23), three fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the conference report. 
                                                             Page S1511
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act--Conference Report: By 74 
yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 22), Senate agreed to the conference report 
on H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against the Castro 
Government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a transition government 
leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba. 
                                            Pages S1479-S1506, S1510-11
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Received on Friday, March 1, 1996, during the recess of the Senate:
  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency with 
respect to Cuba; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-125).
Page S1515
  Received today:
  Transmitting the Sixth Biennial Report of the Interagency Arctic 
Research Policy Committee; referred to the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs. (PM-126).
Page S1515
  Transmitting the report concerning one revised deferral and two 
proposed rescissions of budgetary resources; pursuant to the order of 
January 30, 1975, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, referred 
jointly to the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on the Budget, 
Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-127). 
                                                             Page S1515
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  26 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. 
                                                         Pages S1535-36
Messages From the President:
  Page S1515
Messages From the House:
  Pages S1515-16
Communications:
  Page S1516
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1516-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1526-27

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Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1527
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1527
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1527-32
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--23) 
                                                             Page S1511
Recess: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and recessed at 3:31 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 6, 1996. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1532.)