[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 14 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D86-D87]
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                                              Thursday, February 6, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed Rodney E. Slater to be Secretary of Transportation.
      The President transmitted his Fiscal Year 1998 Budget of the United 
      States Government.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1049-S1118
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 281-290, and S.J. Res. 15.                            
  Page S1102
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Senate began consideration of S.J. 
Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require a balanced budget, with the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                    Pages S1057-72, S1079-99
Pending:
  Durbin Amendment No. 2, to allow for the waiver of the article in the 
event of an economic recession or serious economic emergency with a majority 
in both houses of Congress.                                   
Pages S1083-99
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Monday, February 10, 1997, with a 
vote to occur thereon.                                            
Page S1099
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Friday, February 
6, 1997.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 
1998; pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975; which was referred jointly 
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the Budget. (PM-10).
                                                           Pages S1099-S1101
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 6 EX), Rodney E. Slater, of 
Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transportation.           
Pages S1073-78, S1118
  Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
  Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as Ambassador to Australia.
  Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El 
Salvador.
  Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Solomon 
Islands, and as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu.
  Dennis K. Hays, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.
  John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Venezuela.
  John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as U. S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
(APEC).
  Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Representative of the United States of America to the 51st Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to

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the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the 51st Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Victor Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.                       
Pages S1117-18
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office 
of Thrift Supervision for a term of five years.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force.                             
Pages S1117-18
Messages From the President:-                              
  Pages S1099-S1101
Messages From the House:-                                         
  Page S1101
Measures Referred:-                                               
  Page S1101
Petitions:-                                                   
  Pages S1101-02
Statements on Introduced Bills:-                              
  Pages S1102-11
Additional Cosponsors:-                                           
  Page S1111
Amendments Submitted:-                                            
  Page S1111
Notices of Hearings:-                                             
  Page S1111
Authority for Committees:-                                        
  Page S1111
Additional Statements:-                                       
  Pages S1111-16
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-6)          
  Page S1078
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., until 
11 a.m., on Friday, February 7, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1117.)