[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 20 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Tuesday, March 1, 1994

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate rejected Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.
      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2045-S2187
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1880-
1883.

                                                             Page S2168

Measures Rejected:
  Balanced Budget Amendment: By 63 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 48), two-
thirds of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate rejected S.J. Res. 41, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget, as 
modified, after taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:

                                                      Pages S2045-S2161

Rejected: By 22 yeas to 78 nays (Vote No. 47), two-thirds of those 
    Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, 
    Reid Amendment No. 1471, in the nature of a substitute, was 
    rejected.

                                                         Pages S2045-89

Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the environmental impact review of the 
Chemical Weapons Convention; referred to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works. (PM-90).

                                                             Page S2168

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ginger Ehn Lew, of California, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Commerce.
  Greg Farmer, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel 
and Tourism.
  Graham R. Mitchell, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Technology Policy.
  Thomas R. Bloom, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Thomas R. Bloom, of Michigan, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Commerce.
  Rear Admiral Robert E. Kramek, U.S. Coast Guard, to be Chief of 
Staff, United States Coast Guard, with the grade of vice admiral while 
so serving.
  Routine lists in the Coast Guard.

                                                  Pages S2161-63, S2187

Messages From the President:
                                                        Page S2168
Communications:
                                                        Page S2168
Statements on Introduced Bills:
                                                    Pages S2168-83
Additional Cosponsors:
                                                        Page S2183
Authority for Committees:
                                                    Pages S2183-84
Additional Statements:
                                                    Pages S2184-87
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--48)

                                                     Pages S2089, S2158

Recess: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and recessed at 9:05 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Wednesday, March 2, 1994. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2187.)