[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 77 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D636-D637]
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                                              Monday, June 15, 1998

[[Page D636]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S6309-S6356
Measures Introduced: One resolution was introduced, as follows: S. Res. 
248.                                                         
  Page S6339
Measures Passed:
  Condemning Killing of James Byrd, Jr.: Senate agreed to S.Res. 248, 
condemning the brutal killing of Mr. James Byrd, Jr., and commending 
the community of Jasper, Texas.                          
  Pages S6323-24
  Violent Crimes Offenders: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 75, expressing the sense of 
the Congress that States should work more aggressively to attack the 
problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders and criminals 
serving abbreviated sentences, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                             Page S6347
  Congressional Budget Resolution: Pursuant to the order of April 2, 
1998, Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 284, revising the congressional 
budget for the fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting 
forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, 
and 2003, after striking all after the resolving clause and inserting 
in lieu thereof the text of S. Con. Res. 86, as passed by the Senate. 
                                                             Page S6348
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Domenici, Grassley, Nickles, Gramm, Bond, Gorton, Gregg, 
Snowe, Abraham, Frist, Grams, Smith, Lautenberg, Hollings, Conrad, 
Sarbanes, Boxer, Murray, Wyden, Feingold, Johnson, and Durbin. 
                                                             Page S6348
  Senate also agreed to a motion to instruct the Senate conferees to 
include the Wellstone amendments in any conference agreement.
Universal Tobacco Settlement Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1415, to reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products 
are manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of 
tobacco products by minors, and to redress the adverse health effects 
of tobacco use, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute (Amendment No. 2420), taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                           
  Pages S6314-23, S6324-26
Adopted:
  Reed Amendment No. 2702 (to Amendment No. 2437), to disallow tax 
deductions for advertising, promotional, and marketing expenses 
relating to tobacco product use unless certain requirements are met. 
(By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 159), Senate earlier failed to table 
the amendment.)                                   
Pages S6314, S6316-23
Pending:
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2433 (to Amendment No. 2420), to modify the 
provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco manufacturers. 
                                                             Page S6314
  Gregg/Leahy Amendment No. 2434 (to Amendment No. 2433), in the nature 
of a substitute.                                             
Page S6314
  Gramm Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Finance with 
instructions to report back forthwith, with Amendment No. 2436, to 
modify the provisions relating to civil liability for tobacco 
manufacturers, and to eliminate the marriage penalty reflected in the 
standard deduction and to ensure the earned income credit takes into 
account the elimination of such penalty.                     
Page S6314
  Daschle (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2437 (to Amendment No. 2436), 
relating to reductions in underage tobacco usage.            
Page S6314
  Gorton Amendment No. 2705 (to Amendment No. 2437), to limit 
attorneys' fees.                                         
Pages S6324-26
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, June 16, 
1998.
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act: Senate 
insisted on its amendment to H.R. 629, to grant the consent of the 
Congress to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact, 
agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the 
Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators Thurmond, Hatch, and 
Leahy.                                                   
  Pages S6346-47

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Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning cost-sharing arrangements of the 
Convention on the Prohibition, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons 
and on Their Destruction; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
140).                                                        
Page S6338
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Robert D. Sack, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.
  Margaret Hornbeck Greene, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation for a term 
expiring February 24, 2003.
  James K. Robinson, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                  Pages S6347-48, S6356
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Howard Holmes, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Latvia.
  Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Turkmenistan.
  Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Georgia.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. 
                                                             Page S6356
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S6338
Communications:                                          
  Pages S6338-39
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S6340
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S6341
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S6341
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S6341-46
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--159) 
                                                         Pages S6322-23
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 7:03 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 16, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S6348.)