[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 9 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D76]
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                                         Tuesday, February 10, 1998

[[Page D76]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed David Satcher to be Surgeon General.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S531-S597
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1620-1621, and S. Con. Res. 73.                   
  Page S585
Nomination Confirmed: By 63 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. Ex. 9), Senate 
confirmed the nomination of David Satcher, of Tennessee, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be Medical 
Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be 
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service.             
  Pages S532-42
  During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 75 yeas to 23 nays (Vote No. Ex. 8 ), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to close further debate on the nomination.             
Page S541
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
                                                 Pages S549-61, S564-66
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  11 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine list in the Air Force.                          
Pages S594-97
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the 1998 annual report of the Council of Economic 
Advisers; to the Joint Economic Committee. (PM-96).       
Pages S584-85
Messages From the President:                              
  Pages S584-85
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S585-86
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S586-87
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S588
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S588-93
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-9) 
                                                          Pages S541-42
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:39 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 11, 1998. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S594.)