[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate agreed to the following resolution:

                              S. Res. 234

       Whereas, the Senate fondly remembers former Secretary of 
     State, former Governor of Maine, and former Senator from 
     Maine, Edmund S. Muskie;
       Whereas, Edmund S. Muskie spent six years in the Maine 
     House of Representatives, becoming minority leader;
       Whereas, in 1954, voters made Edmund S. Muskie the State's 
     first Democratic Governor in 20 years;
       Whereas, after a second two-year term, he went on in 1958 
     to become the first popularly elected Democratic Senator in 
     Maine's history;
       Whereas, Edmund S. Muskie in 1968, was chosen as Democratic 
     Vice-Presidential nominee;
       Whereas, Edmund S. Muskie left the Senate to become 
     President Carter's Secretary of State; and
       Whereas, Edmund S. Muskie served with honor and distinction 
     in each of these capacities: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable Edmund S. Muskie, formerly a Senator from the State 
     of Maine.
       Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions 
     to the House of Representatives and transmit an enrolled copy 
     thereof to the family of the deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it adjourn 
     as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased 
     Senator.

  The message also announced that the Senate had passed without 
amendment concurrent resolutions of the House of the following titles:

       H. Con. Res. 146. Concurrent resolution authorizing the 
     1996 Special Olympics Torch Relay to be run through the 
     Capitol Grounds; and
       H. Con. Res. 147. Concurrent resolution authorizing the use 
     of the Capitol grounds for the fifteenth annual National 
     Peace Officers' Memorial Service.

  The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of 
the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 4) ``An act to grant the 
power to the President to reduce budget authority.''
  The message also announced that the Senate had passed a concurrent 
resolution of the following title, in which the concurrence of the 
House is requested:

       S. Con. Res. 49. Concurrent resolution providing for 
     certain corrections to be made in the enrollment of the bill 
     (H.R. 2854) to modify the operation of certain agricultural 
     programs.

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