[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D727-D728]
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                                              Tuesday, July 7, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7525-S7619
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2265-2271, and S. Con. Res. 107.                 
  Page S7574
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S.J. Res. 44, A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime 
victims, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.    
Page S7574
VA/HUD Appropriations: Senate resumed consideration of S. 2168, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1999, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S7538-65
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 3063, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect 
consumers in managed care plans and other health coverage. 
                                                         Pages S7562-63
Rejected:
  By 33 yeas to 66 nays (Vote No. 185), Bumpers Amendment No. 3062, to 
terminate the International Space Station program and provide 
additional funding for veterans and low-income housing. 
                                               Pages S7538-59, S7563-64
Product Liability: Senate began consideration of S. 648, to establish 
legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                  Pages S7525-34, S7565
Pending:
  Lott Amendment No. 3064, in the nature of a substitute.    
Page S7565
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 71 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. 184), 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 the 
bill.                                                    
Pages S7525-26
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 3064, 
listed above, and in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur 
on Thursday, July 9, 1998.                                   
Page S7565
IRS Reform--Conference Report: Senate began consideration of the 
conference report on H.R. 2676, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service. 
                                                         Pages S7565-73
  Senate will continue consideration of the conference report on 
Wednesday, July 8, 1998.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sallyanne Harper, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Environmental Protection Agency.                     
Pages S7610, S7619
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Carolyn H. Becraft, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Ruby Butler DeMesme, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force.
  Patrick T. Henry, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Bert T. Edwards, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of State.
  Joseph H. Melrose, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Sierra Leone.
  John Shattuck, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic.
  David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of 
Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure 
of service.
  Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kazakhstan.
  Charles F. Kartman, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Korean 
Peace Talks.

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  Kathryn Dee Robinson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Ghana.
  Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Tajikistan.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  27 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  7 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Public Health 
Service.                                                 
Pages S7611-19
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7574
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S7574
Communications:                                              
  Page S7574
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7574-80
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7580-81
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S7584-S7605
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S7605
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7605-10
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--185) 
                                                     Pages S7526, S7564
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 8, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7611.)