[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 31 (Wednesday, March 12, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D224]
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                                          Wednesday, March 12, 1997

[[Page D224]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed Federico Pena as Secretary of Energy.
      House committees ordered reported 19 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2157-S2220
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 426-
434.
  Page S2206
Measures Passed:
  Investment Advisers Supervision Coordination Act: Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 410, to extend the effective date of the Investment 
Advisers Supervision Coordination Act, and the bill was then passed. 
                                                         Pages S2219-20
Campaign Financing/Constitutional Amendment: Senate began 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.
  Pages S2173-S2201
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Thursday, 
March 13, 1997.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 30 EX), Federico Pena, of Colorado, to 
be Secretary of Energy.
Pages S2157-63, S2171-73
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Letitia Chambers, of the District of Columbia, to be a Representative 
of the United States of America to the Fifty-first Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations.
  James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-first 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
  Prezell R. Robinson, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-first 
Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Page S2220
Messages From the House:
  Page S2204
Communications:
  Pages S2204-05
Petitions:
  Pages S2205-06
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2206-16
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S2216
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S2216-17
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2217
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2217-19
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--30). 
                                                             Page S2173
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:05 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, March 13, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2220.)