[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D267-D268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Wednesday, March 19, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed the Working Families Flexibility Act of 1997


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2491-S2574
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 471-481, and S. Con. Res. 13.             
  Pages S2552-53
Measures Passed:
   Independent Counsel: By 55 yeas to 44 nays (1 responding present) 
(Vote No. 32), Senate passed 
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 S2491-99
  Victim Allocution Clarification: Senate passed H.R. 924, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to give further assurance to the right of 
victims of crime to attend and observe the trials of those accused of 
the crime, clearing the bill for the President.          
  Pages S2507-09
Measure Rejected:
  Independent Counsel: By 58 yeas to 41 nays (1 responding present) 
(Vote No. 33), Senate tabled 
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.                                    
  Pages S2499-S2501
Appointments:
   National Civil Aviation Review Commission: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 104-264, appointed the 
following individuals to the National Civil Aviation Review Commission: 
Linda Barker, of South Dakota, and William Bacon, of South Dakota. 
                                                             Page S2573
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of a proposed rescission of budgetary 
resources; which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 
30, 1975, to the Committee on Appropriations, to the Committee on the 
Budget, and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (PM-23). 
                                                             Page S2552
  Transmitting the report on environmental quality; referred to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works. (PM-24).          
Page S2552
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 
76 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. 34 EX), Merrick B. Garland, of Maryland, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
                                                     Pages S2536, S2574
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James H. Atkins, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal 
Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 
2000.
  Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Labor.
  Kevin Emanuel Marchman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Richard Thomas White, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 1999.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.              
Pages S2573-74
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S2552
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S2552
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2552
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S2553-69
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2569-70
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S2570-71

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Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S2571
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2571-73
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--34) 
                                              Pages S2499, S2501, S2536
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:20 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 20, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2573.)