[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D120]
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                                               Tuesday, February 9, 1999

[[Page D120]]

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1385-S1410
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 393-396, and S. Res. 33.
  Page S1391
Impeachment of President Clinton: Senate, sitting as a Court of Impeachment, 
continued consideration of the articles of impeachment against William 
Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, taking the following 
action:
  Pages S1385-88
  By 59 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 15), two-thirds of those Senators voting, 
a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected 
the Lott motion to suspend Senate rules.
Pages S1385-86
  By voice vote, Senate agreed to the Lott/Daschle motion to provide that 
any Senator may insert their final deliberations on the Articles of 
Impeachment during proceedings held in closed session in the Congressional 
Record at the conclusion of the trial.
Pages S1386-87
  By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 16), Senate agreed to the Lott motion to 
close the doors of the Senate Chamber.
Pages S1387-88
  Senate will continue to sit as a Court of Impeachment on Wednesday, 
February 10, 1999.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting the Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Romania Concerning Peaceful 
Uses of Nuclear Energy; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
7).
Page S1388
Messages From the President:
  Page S1388
Communications:
  Pages S1388-91
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1391-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1399-S1400
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S1401
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1401
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1401-10
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--16). 
                                                          Pages S1386, S1388
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1:05 p.m., and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 10, 1999.