[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 26 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                                  Tuesday, March 4, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate rejected Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.
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                                 Senate

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Chamber Action
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Routine Proceedings, pages S1847-S1934
Measures Introduced: Two bills and three resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 390 and 391, S.J. Res. 22, and S. Res. 60 and 61.
  Page S1924
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
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  S. Res. 19, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States 
opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang 
Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China.
Measure Rejected:
   Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment: By 66 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 
24), two-thirds of those Senators duly chosen and voting, not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate rejected S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget. 
                                                 Pages S1847-83, S1884-S1922
Trade Act Application Waiver--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S.J. Res. 5, waiving certain 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the appointment of the 
United States Trade Representative on Wednesday, March 5, 1997, with a vote 
to occur thereon.
  Page S1933
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing 
for the consideration of the nomination of Charlene Barshefsky, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Trade Representative, with the 
rank of Ambassador, on Wednesday, March 5, 1997.
  Page S1933
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S1922
Communications:
  Pages S1922-23
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S1923-24
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1924-26
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S1926
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1928
Authority for Committees:
  Page S1928
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1928-32
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--24)
  Pages S1920-21
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:04 p.m., until 
12 noon, on Wednesday, March 5, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the remarks 
of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1934.)
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