[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D131-D132]
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                                         Tuesday, February 25, 1997

[[Page D131]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1495-S1592
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 348-357, and S. Res. 59.                         
  Page S1553
Measures Passed:
  Population Planning: By 53 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 13), Senate 
agreed to H.J. Res. 36, approving the Presidential finding that the 
limitation on obligations imposed by section 518A(a) of the Foreign 
Operations Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 
1997, is having a negative impact on the proper functioning of the 
population planning program.                             
  Pages S1518-24
Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: Senate continued 
consideration of S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                            Pages S1495-S1518, S1525-47
Rejected:
  Reid Amendment No. 8, to require that the outlay and receipt totals 
of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Funds not be included as a part of the 
budget totals. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 14), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                 
Pages S1495-S1516, S1525-47
Pending:
  Hollings/Specter/Bryan Amendment No. 9, to add a provision proposing 
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. 
                                                         Pages S1517-18
  Leahy (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 10, to provide that only Congress 
shall have authority to enforce the provisions of the balanced budget 
constitutional amendment, unless Congress passes legislation 
specifically granting enforcement authority to the President or State 
or Federal courts.                                           
Page S1537
  Graham/Robb Amendment No. 7, to strike the limitation on debt held by 
the public.                                                  
Page S1547
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of certain further amendments to be proposed to the resolution. 
                                                             Page S1516
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Wednesday, 
February 26, 1997.
Appointments:
  U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 6968(a), appointed Senator 
McCain, from the Committee on Armed Services, to the Board of Visitors 
of the U.S. Naval Academy.                                   
  Page S1588
  U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 9355(a), appointed Senator 
Kempthorne, from the Committee on Armed Services, to the Board of 
Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.                      
  Page S1588
  U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4355(a), appointed Senator Coats, 
from the Committee on Armed Services, to the Board of Visitors of the 
U.S. Military Academy.                                       
  Page S1588
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report of the supplementary agreement between the U.S. 
and Great Britain; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-15). 
                                                         Pages S1549-50
  Transmitting the report of the 1997 national drug control strategy; 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (PM-16).     
Pages S1550-51
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Wyche Fowler, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia.
  Princeton Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Routine lists in the Army, Air Force, and Navy.        
Pages S1591-92
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S1549-51
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S1551
Communications:                                          
  Pages S1551-53

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Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S1553-73
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1573-74
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1574-75
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S1575
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1575-88
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--14) 
                                                  Pages S1524, S1546-47
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 7:13 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, February 26, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1588.)