[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D257]
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                                            Tuesday, March 18, 1997

[[Page D257]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2377-S2489
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 456-470, S.J. Res. 23, and S. Res. 64-65. 
                                                         Pages S2415-16
Measure Rejected:
   Campaign Financing/Constitutional Amendment: By 38 yeas to 61 nays 
(Vote No. 31), two-thirds of those Senators duly chosen and voting, not 
having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected S.J. Res. 18, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections.
  Pages S2377-97
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 S2397-S2411
Independent Counsel: Senate began consideration of S.J. Res. 23, 
expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should 
exercise her best professional judgment, without regard to political 
pressures, on whether to invoke the independent counsel process to 
investigate alleged criminal misconduct relating to any election 
campaign.
  Page S2411
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of S.J. Res. 22 and S.J. Res. 23, both listed above, on 
Wednesday, March 19, 1996, with votes to occur thereon. 
                                                         Pages S2486-87
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Keith R. Hall, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force.
Pages S2486, S2489
Messages From the House:
  Page S2412
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2412
Communications:
  Pages S2412-13
Petitions:
  Page S2413
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S2413-15
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2416-80
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2480-81
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2481
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2481-82
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2482-86
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--31)
  Page S2397
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:05 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 19, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2489.)