[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 30 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D212-D213]
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                                            Tuesday, March 11, 1997

[[Page D212]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2095-S2156
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 419-
425.                                                         
  Page S2129
Measures Passed:
   Committee Funding: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (1 voting present) 
(Vote No. 29), Senate passed S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by 
the Committee on Governmental Affairs, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:    
  Pages S2096-S2109, S2113-25
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (1 voting present) (Vote No. 28), 
Lott-Thompson-Warner Amendment No. 23, of a clarifying nature. 
                                                  Pages S2109, S2113-14
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.                  
Page S2114
Withdrawn:
  Glenn Amendment No. 21, to clarify the scope of the investigation. 
                                               Pages S2096-S2109, S2116
  Lott-Warner Modified Amendment No. 22 (to Amendment No. 21), to limit 
the scope of the committee investigation to illegal activities in the 
1996 Federal campaign elections, and require the referral to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration any evidence of activities which 
are not illegal but which may require an investigation. 
                                                      Pages S2096-S2108
Ngawang Choephel: Senate agreed to 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.                              
  Pages S2153-55
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Frederico Pena, of 
Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy, on Wednesday, March 12, 1997, with 
a vote to occur thereon.                          
  Pages S2116, S2155-56
Campaign Financing/Constitutional Amendment-Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S.J. 
Res. 18, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections, on Wednesday, March 12, 1997.                     
  Page S2156
Appointments:
   Board of Trustees of Gallaudet University: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 83-420, as amended by Public 
Law 99-371, appointed Senator McCain to the Board of Trustees of 
Gallaudet University.                                        
  Page S2153
   National Historical Publications and Records Commission: The Chair, 
on behalf of the Vice President, in accordance with Public Law 81-754, 
as amended by Public Law 93-536 and Public Law 100-365, appointed 
Senator Jeffords to the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission.                                                  
  Page S2153
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Lyle Weir Swenson, of South Dakota, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of South Dakota for the term of four years. 
                                                     Pages S2153, S2156
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert Clarke Brown, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
expiring November 22, 1999.
  16 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  13 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                           
Page S2156
Communications:                                          
  Pages S2128-29
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S2129
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S2129-45
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S2145
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2145-46
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S2146
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S2146
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2146-53

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Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--29) 
                                                  Pages S2114, S2124-25
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:04 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 12, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2156.)