[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 2 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D10-D11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Thursday, January 7, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate received the House managers to exhibit the Articles of 
      Impeachment.
      The Chief Justice and Members of the Senate were administered the 
      oath to sit as a Court of Impeachment.
      House Committees ordered reported 3 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S39-47
Measures Introduced: Five resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. 
Res. 11-15.
  Page S45
Measures Passed:
  Photograph of the Senate Chamber: Senate agreed to S. Res. 11, 
authorizing the taking of a photograph in the Chamber of the United 
States Senate.
  Page S41
  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 12, 
making majority party appointments to certain Senate committees for the 
106th Congress.
  Pages S42
  Majority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 13, 
making majority party appointments to Senate committees for the 106th 
Congress.
  Page S42
  Minority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 14, 
making minority party appointments to Senate committees for the 106th 
Congress.
  Pages S42-43
  Minority Party Committee Appointments: Senate agreed to S. Res. 15, 
making minority party appointments to Senate committees in paragraph 3 
(a), (b), and (c) of rule XXV.
  Page S43
Impeachment of President Clinton: Senate proceeded to the consideration 
of the articles of impeachment against the President of the United 
States, taking the following actions:
  Pages S39-42
  Receiving the House Managers: The Senate received the managers 
appointed by the House of Representatives who presented and exhibited 
Articles of Impeachment against William Jefferson Clinton, President of 
the United States.
  Pages S39-40
  Committee to Escort Chief Justice: The Chair, pursuant to the order 
of January 6, 1999, as modified, on behalf of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders appointed a committee to escort the Chief Justice of the United 
States into the Senate Chamber.
  Page S41
  Administering the Oath to Chief Justice: Pursuant to Rule IV of the 
Senate Rules on Impeachment and the United States Constitution, the 
presiding officer administered the oath to William H. Rehnquist, Chief 
Justice of the United States.
  Page S41
  Administering the Oath to Senators: In conformance with Article I, 
section 3, clause 6 of the United States Constitution, and the Senate 
Rules on Impeachment, the Chief Justice administered the oath to the 
Members of the United States Senate.
  Page S41
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Myrta K. Sale, of Maryland, to be Controller, Office of Federal 
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
  John T. Spotila, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
  Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be United States Attorney 
for the Central District of California.
  Thomas Lee Strickland, of Colorado, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Colorado for the term of four years.
  James Roger Angel, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater

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Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring 
February 4, 2002.
Page S47
Messages From the House:
  Page S43
Communications:
  Pages S43-44
Additional Statements:
  Page S46
Quorum Calls: Two quorum calls were taken today. (Total--3). 
                                                         Pages S39, S41
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 8:11 p.m., 
until 12:30 p.m., on Friday, January 8, 1999. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S47.)