[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                            Tuesday, March 17, 1998

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2083-S2146
Measures Introduced: Twenty-two bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1768-1789, S. Res. 196 and 197, and S. Con. 
Res. 84.
  Pages S2113-14
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1768, making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery 
from natural disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-168)
  S. 1769, making supplemental appropriations for the International 
Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-169)
Page S2113
Measures Passed:
  Honoring Senator McCain/Vietnam POW's: Senate agreed to S. Res. 196, 
recognizing, and calling on all Americans to recognize, the courage and 
sacrifice of Senator John McCain and the members of the Armed Forces 
held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and stating that 
the American people will not forget that more than 2,000 members of the 
Armed Forces remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict and will 
continue to press for the fullest possible accounting for all such 
members whose whereabouts are unknown.
  Pages S2109-11
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Cloture Vote: By 
74 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 34), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 
2646, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for 
elementary and secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum 
annual amount of contributions to such accounts.
  Page S2094
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for consideration 
of the bill on Wednesday, March 18, 1998.
Page S2106
NATO Enlargement: Senate began consideration of Protocols to the North 
Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic (Treaty Doc. 105-36), with seven declarations and four 
conditions.
  Pages S2106-09, S2111-12
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination: By 
unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 35 EX), Susan Graber, of Oregon, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. 
                                                  Pages S2095-96, S2146
Messages From the House:
  Page S2113
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2114-35
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2135-36
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2138-40
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2140
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2140-41
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2141-44
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--35) 
                                                         Pages S2094-95
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:44 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Wednesday, March 18, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record, on pages 
S2144-45.)