[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 125 (Friday, September 18, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1004-D1005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Friday, September 18, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate sustains President's Veto of Partial Birth Abortion Ban.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10551-S10634
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2497-
2501.
  Page S10588
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 10, to enhance competition in the financial services industry by 
providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, 
securities firms, and other financial service providers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-336)
  H.R. 2493, to establish a mechanism by which the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior can provide for uniform 
management of livestock grazing on Federal lands.
Page S10588
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban--Veto Message: By 64 yeas to 36 nays (Vote 
No. 277), two-thirds of the Senators voting not having voted in the 
affirmative, H.R. 1122, to amend title 18, United States Code, to ban 
partial-birth abortions, upon reconsideration, was rejected, and the 
veto of the President was sustained.
  Pages S10551-64
Child Custody Protection Act: Senate began consideration of S. 1645, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across 
State lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in 
abortion decisions, with a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Pages S10564-67
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the committee 
substitute amendment and, by unanimous-consent agreement, a vote on the 
cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, September 22, 1998, at 4:30 p.m. 
                                                            Page S10565
Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for consumer 
bankruptcy protection, with a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                        Pages S10567-74
Pending:
  Lott (for Grassley/Hatch) Amendment No. 3559, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S10568-74
  Feingold/Specter Amendment No. 3602 (to Amendment No. 3559), to 
ensure payment of trustees' costs under chapter 7 of title 11, United 
States Code, of abuse motions, without encouraging conflicts of 
interest between attorneys and clients.
Pages S10568-72
  Feingold/Specter Amendment No. 3565 (to Amendment No. 3559), to 
provide for a waiver of filing fees in certain bankruptcy cases. 
                                                        Pages S10572-74
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, September 21, 
1998.
Head Start/Low-Income Energy Assistance/Community Services Block 
Grant--Authorizations: Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House 
to S. 2206, to amend the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Energy 
Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act to 
reauthorize and make improvements to those Acts, and to establish 
demonstration projects that provide an opportunity for persons with 
limited means to accumulate assets, requested a conference with the 
House, and the Chair appointed conferees on the part of the Senate, as 
follows: Senators Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, Kennedy, and Dodd. 
                                                        Pages S10617-33
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Bill 
Richardson, of New Mexico, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Forty-second Session of the General Conference of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency.
  Page S10634
Measures Referred:
  Page S10586
Communications:
  Pages S10586-88
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S10588
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10588-95
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10595-96

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Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10596-S10605
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S10605-06
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10606-10
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--277) 
                                                            Page S10564
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:30 a.m., and adjourned at 1:07 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, September 21, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10634.)