[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D558-D559]
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                                              Tuesday, June 4, 1996

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5705-S5780
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1827-1836, and S. Res. 257.
  Pages S5762-63
Defend America Act: Senate continued consideration of a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of S. 1635, to establish a United States 
policy for the deployment of a national missile defense system. 
                                                         Pages S5715-41
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 157), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S5741
Balanced Budget Amendment--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-
agreement was reached providing for further consideration of H.J. Res. 
1, Balanced Budget Amendment, with a vote on passage of the resolution 
to occur at 12 noon on Thursday, June 6, 1996.
  Page S5780
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency with 
respect to the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979; referred 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-151). 
                                                         Pages S5758-60
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ernest G. Green, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term 
expiring September 22, 2001.
  Lottie Lee Shackelford, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term 
expiring December 17, 1998. (Reappointment)
  Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Education 
Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 1999.
  Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cape Verde.
  Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.
  Terry Evans, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.
  The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Career Minister, for the personal rank of Career Ambassador in 
recognition of especially distinguished service over a sustained 
period:
  J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania.
  Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
February 9, 2002.
  Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The 
Comoros.
  Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Congo.
  Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana.
  David H. Shinn, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Ethiopia. 
                                                         Pages S5779-80
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to Switzerland. 
                                                             Page S5780
Messages From the President:
  Pages S5758-60
Communications:
  Pages S5760-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5763-73
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5773-74
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S5774
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5774

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Additional Statements:
  Pages S5774-79
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--157) 
                                                             Page S5741
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:24 p.m., 
until 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, June 5, 1996. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5780.)