[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                           Thursday, March 19, 1998

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2237-S2349
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1797-
1806.
  Page S2296
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 155, designating April 6 of each year as ``National Tartan 
Day'' to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions made 
by Scottish Americans to the United States.
  S. Res. 198, designating April 1, 1998, as ``National Breast Cancer 
Survivors' Day''.
Page S2295
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools: Senate resumed 
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. 
                                                         Pages S2285-90
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 38), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on the bill.
Page S2289
  By unanimous-consent agreement, the second cloture vote scheduled for 
today was postponed to occur on Tuesday, March 24, 1998. 
                                                         Pages S2289-90
NATO Enlargement: Senate resumed 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 S2251-65, S2268-81, S2284
  Senate will continue consideration of the Treaty on Friday, March 20, 
1998.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``The National 
and Community Service Amendments Act of 1998''; to the Committee on 
Labor and Human Resources. (PM-113).
Page S2294
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Orson Swindle, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the 
term of seven years from September 26, 1997.
  Mozelle Willmont Thompson, of New York, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1996.
  James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National 
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
Pages S2348-49
Messages From the President:
  Page S2294
Messages From the House:
  Pages S2294-95
Measures Referred:
  Page S2295
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S2295
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2296-S2308
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2308-09
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2309-44
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S2344-45
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2345
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2345-48
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--38)
  Page S2289
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, March 20, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record, on page 
S2348.)