March 2, 1998 |
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Nomination: Richard L. Young, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, vice Gene E. Brooks, retired. By a vote of 81 yeas to 0 nays, Vote No. 18, the Senate agreed to the nomination. 6:10 PM
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March 3, 1998... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Rejected: ...By 54 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 19), Senate agreed to table the Wellstone Amendment No. 1679 to require the Secretary of HHS to report to the Congress every 6 months on how the Government is making progress towards moving welfare recipients to economic self-sufficiency. {This is a non-germane amendment allowed under Senate rules}. 4:30 PM
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March 4, 1998... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...Lautenberg Amendment No. 1682 (to Amendment No. 1676), to establish, by October 2000, a National standard to prohibit operation of motor vehicles by individuals who have an alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater. {By 62 yeas to 32 nays (1 Senator voting "Present") (Vote No. 20), Senate adopted the amendment.} 10:58 AM
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March 5, 1998... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...Dorgan Amendment No. 1697 (to Amendment No. 1676), to prohibit operation of motor vehicles when there are "Open Alcohol Containers" in the vehicle by reducing funds to states that do not pass such laws. {By 52 yeas to 47 nays (1 Senator voting "Present"), Vote No. 21, Senate adopted the amendment.} 11:06 AM
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Rejected: ...Bingaman Amendment No. 1696 (to Amendment No. 1676), to set a National standard to prohibit the purchase of alcohol at "Drive-Up" Windows or "Drive-Through" locations. {By 43 yeas to 56 nays (1 Senator voting "Present"), Vote No. 22, Senate rejected the amendment.} 11:21 AM
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March 6, 1998...... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Rejected: ...McConnell Amendment No. 1708 (to Amendment No. 1676), regarding contract preferences, to require that Federal surface transportation funds be used to encourage development and outreach to emerging business enterprises, including those owned by minorities and women, and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment based on race, color, national origin, or sex, with respect to use of those funds, in compliance with the equal protection provisions of the fifth & 14th amendments to the Constitution. {By 58 yeas to 37 nays, Vote No. 23, Senate agreed to table the McConnell amendment to eliminate the current 'Disadvantaged Business Enterprise' (DBE) program in the ISTEA bill with its '10 percent' set aside & replace it with the 'Emerging Business Enterprise' (EBE) program with no preferential treatment}. 11:29 AM
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March 9, 1998....... |
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Intelligence Disclosure Act: By a vote of 93 yeas to 1 nay, Vote No. 24, the Senate passed S. 1668, to encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain classified & related information by directing the President to inform covered agencies {CIA, FBI, NSA, DIA, etc} that: (1) disclosure to a congressional committee of evidence of a false statement to Congress on an issue of material fact, of gross mismanagement, waste of funds, abuse of authority, or substantial & specific danger to public health or safety, or of a violation of law, rule, or regulation is not prohibited by law, executive order, or regulation; & (2) members are presumed to have a need to
know & may receive such information in their capacity as committee members. 5:58 PM
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March 10, 1998..... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...D'Amato Amendment No. 1931 (to Amendment No. 1676), to reauthorize and increase funds in the bill for the Mass Transit programs of the Federal Government. {By 96 yeas to 4 nays, Vote No. 25, Senate adopted the amendment.} 6:11 PM
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March 11, 1998..... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Rejected: ...Motion to Waive the Budget Act with respect to the Mack Second Degree Amendment to the Roth Amendment. The Mack amendment would repeal 4.3 cent per gallon Federal gas tax (the amount of the 1993 tax increase). {By 18 yeas to 80 nays, Vote No. 26, 3/5 of the Senate not having voted in the affirmative, the Senate failed to waive the Budget Act and the amendment fell.} 4:08 PM
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Agreed To: ...The Lott motion to table the McCain amendment (to Amendment No. 1759) to end the Ethanol subsidies when they expire rather than renew them for another 7 years. {By 71 yeas to 26 nays, Vote No. 27, the Senate agreed to table the amendment.} 4:48 PM
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Agreed To: ...The Lott motion to close further debate (Invoke Cloture). By a vote of 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 28), three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen & sworn having voted in the affirmative, the Senate agreed to close further debate on the Committee Amendment No. 1676, in the nature of a substitute. 6:28 PM
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March 12, 1998..... |
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ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...McCain Amendment No. 1726 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide that demonstration projects shall be subject to any limitation on obligations established by law that applies in Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. {By 78 yeas to 22 nays, Vote No. 29, the Senate adopted the amendment.} 11:11 AM
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ISTEA Authorization: By 96 yeas to 4 nays, Vote No. 30, the Senate passed S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676). 2:44 PM
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Human Rights Abuses In China: By 95 yeas to 5 nays, Vote No. 31, the Senate passed S.Res. 187, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States, at the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution criticizing the People's Republic of China for its human rights abuses in China and Tibet. 4:20 PM
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March 13, 1998..... |
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Indictment Against Saddam Hussein: By 93 yeas to 0 nays, Vote No. 32, the Senate passed S.Con.Res. 78, relating to the indictment & prosecution of Saddam Hussein for war crimes & other crimes against humanity. {Call for creation of a UN commission to establish an inter-national record of the criminal culpability of Saddam Hussein & other Iraqi officials; to form an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, & imprisoning Hussein & other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, & other international law violations; & seek, upon the creation of such
a tribunal, the reprogramming of necessary funds to support the tribunal's efforts}. 10:00 AM
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March 16, 1998..... |
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Nominations Confirmed: By a unanimous vote of 90 yeas, (Vote No. 33 EX), Senate confirmed the nomination of Jeremy D. Fogel, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice Robert P. Aguilar, retired. 5:56 PM
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March 17, 1998.. |
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Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools (The A-Plus Education Act): Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2646, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of
contributions to such accounts. During consideration of this measure today, Senate took following action: ...By 74 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 34), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to a motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, H.R. 2646. 12:52 PM
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Nominations Confirmed: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas, (Vote No. 35 EX), Senate confirmed the nomination of Susan Graber, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Edward Leavy, retired. 2:43 PM
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March 18, 1998.. |
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NATO Enlargement Treaty: By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 36), Senate agreed to the Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to resume consideration of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic (Treaty Doc. 105-36), with seven declarations and four conditions. {Opposition to resuming consideration of the NATO Enlargement Treaty related to procedural matters regarding H.R. 2646, the Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools}. 1:10 PM
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Repression in Kosova: By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 37), Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 85, calling for an end to the violent repression of the people of Kosova. 6:11 PM
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March 19, 1998.. |
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Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools (The A-Plus Education Act): Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2646, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts. During consideration of this measure today, Senate took following action: ...By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 38), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn (i.e., 60 Senators) not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agreed to a motion to close further debate on the bill, H.R. 2646 (failed to invoke cloture). 5:53 PM
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March 23, 1998.. |
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate brgan consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. Rejected: ...By 61 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 39), Senate voted to table the McCain Amendment No. 2063 to cut approximately $78 million in various programs from the bill. {$4.48 million in unrequested emergency funds for maple producers, to replace taps and tubing damaged by ice storms in the North-east; $33 million in emergency funds for unrequested levee and waterway repairs in Alabama and Mississippi; $4 million in unrequested funds for development & demonstration of dielectric wall accelerator technology for remote explosive detonation, radiography, & fusion applications; language providing a special exemption from the law to allow Secretary of Energy to pay $80,000 in retraining costs for workers at the Pinellas Plant site; $2 million & language that requires payments to counties to replace funds counties expected to receive from timber road construction projects which will be canceled due to the proposed moratorium on such projects; $7.5 million as the first increment of a $26.5 million project to repair and rehabilitate the Capitol Dome, & $20 million for security upgrades around the Capitol complex; $6.9 million for transportation planning and research and an investment analysis in the area of transit planning and research}. 6:05 PM
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March 24, 1998.... |
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. Rejected: ...By 76 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 40), Senate voted to table the Gramm Amendment No. 2104 to offset the amounts appropriated in the bill. 5:30 PM
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March 25, 1998... |
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. Rejected: ...By 92 yeas to 8 nays (Vote No. 41), Senate voted to table the Feingold Amendment No. 2121 to remove the "Emergency" designation from the Bosnia peacekeeping efforts. 2:24 PM
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. Rejected: ...By 68 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 42), Senate voted to table the Nickles Amendment No. 2131 to the Bond Amendment No. 2123 to classify the $1.6 billion in the Bond amendment for FEMA {Federal Emergency Management Agency} as "non-emergency" funds. 3:54 PM
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. Adopted: ...By 90 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 43), Senate agreed to the Helms Amendment No. 2130 regarding the US/UN financial arrangements. The amendment suggests that the UN acknowledge the US financial and military support in peacekeeping efforts and that the US peacekeeping share should be reduced to 25% of the total cost. 7:00 PM
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March 26, 1998... |
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...By 84 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 44), McConnell Modified Amendment No. 2100, to provide $17.9 billion supplemental appropriations for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. 12:22 PM
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Rejected: ...By 51 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 45), the Senate tabled the Kennedy 2nd Degree Amendment No. 2164 to the Nickles Amendment No. 2120, to strike certain funding for the Health Care Financing Administration--HCFA. {Kennedy would cut $8 million rather than the $16 million specified in the Nickles amendment. The amount to be cut would come from funds designated to hire 65 new Health Care Financing Administration employees}. 4:52 PM
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Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools (The A-Plus Education Act): Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2646, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts. During consideration of this measure today, Senate took following action: ...By 58 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 46), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn (i.e., 60 Senators) not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agreed to a motion to close further debate on the bill, H.R. 2646 (failed to invoke cloture). 6:00 PM
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Mexican Foreign Aid Disapproval: By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 47),Senate failed to agree to S.J.Res. 42, to disapprove the certification of the President under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1998. {Disapproves the President's determination contained in the foreign assistance certification submitted to the Congress on February 26, 1998, that Mexico has cooperated fully with the United States to achieve full compliance with the goals and objectives established by the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.} 7:55 PM
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March 27, 1998..... |
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Nominations Confirmed: By a vote of 80 yeas to 11 nays, (Vote No. 48 EX), Senate confirmed the nomination of M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J. Jerome Farris, retired. 9:33 AM
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March 31, 1998.... |
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Congressional Budget: Senate resumed consideration of S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...Sessions/Enzi Amendment No. 2166, to express the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their children. By a vote of 96 yeas to 0 nays, (Vote No. 49), Senate adopted the Sessions amendment. 10:58 AM
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Congressional Budget: Senate resumed consideration of S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following action Rejected: ... By 46 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 50), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of the Murray Amendment No. 2165, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce class size by hiring 100,000 teachers. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in violation of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 2:45 PM
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Congressional Budget: Senate resumed consideration of S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. Adopted: ...Gregg/Conrad Amendment No. 2168 (2nd Degree amendment to Amendment No. 2167), of a perfecting nature. Gregg Amendment No. 2167, to express the sense of the Senate that this resolution assumes that no immunity from liability will be provided to any manufacturer of a tobacco product. By a vote of 79 yeas to 19 nays, (Vote No. 51), Senate adopted the Gregg amendment. 4:30 PM
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Congressional Budget: Senate resumed consideration of S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998, taking action on amendments proposed thereto. During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following action Rejected: ... By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 52), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected a motion to waive the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of the Dodd Amendment No. 2173, to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for child care improvements. Subsequently, a point of order that the amendment was in violation of the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendment thus fell. 4:52 PM
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