[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 34 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Monday, March 17, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      (Today's publication of the Daily Digest marks the 50th 
      anniversary of its first issue)


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2337-S2376
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 448-455, and S. Con. Res. 12.
  Page S2356
Independent Counsel: Senate resumed consideration of S.J. Res. 22, to 
express the sense of the Congress concerning the application by the 
Attorney General for the appointment of an independent counsel to 
investigate allegations of illegal fundraising in the 1996 Presidential 
election campaign.
  Pages S2344-49, S2354
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Tuesday, 
March 18, 1997.
Appointments:
  National Civil Aviation Review Commission: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 104-264, appointed Senator 
Pressler and Richard E. Smith, Jr., of Mississippi to the National 
Civil Aviation Review Commission.
  Page S2376
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the notice relative to the emergency with respect to 
Iran; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
(PM-22).
Pages S2354-55
Messages From the President:
  Pages S2354-55
Messages From the House:
  Page S2356
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S2356
Communications:
  Page S2356
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2356-74
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2374-75
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2375
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2375-76
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 4:28 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, March 18, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2376.)