[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D238-D239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                  Tuesday, March 9, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2441-S2464
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 567-571. 
                                                                  Page S2455
Education Flexibility Partnership Act: Senate continued consideration of S. 
280, to provide for education flexibility partnerships, taking action on the 
following amendments/motions:
  Pages S2459-64
Pending:
  Jeffords Amendment No. 31, in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S2459-64
  Bingaman Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 31), to provide for a national 
school dropout prevention program.
Page S2459
  Lott (for Jeffords) Modified Amendment No. 37 (to Amendment No. 35), to 
provide all local educational agencies with the option to use the funds 
received under section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations 
Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act.
Page S2459
  Gramm (for Allard) Amendment No. 40 (to the language in the bill proposed 
to be stricken by Amendment No. 31), to prohibit implementation of ``Know 
Your Customer'' regulations by the Federal banking agencies.
Page S2459
  Jeffords Amendment No. 55 (to Amendment No. 40), to require local 
educational agencies to use the funds received under section 307 of the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part 
B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Page S2459
  Kennedy/Daschle motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report back forthwith 
with the following amendment: Kennedy (for Murray/Kennedy) Amendment No. 56, 
to reduce class size.
Page S2459
  Lott (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 58 (to the instructions of the motion to 
recommit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions), to provide all local educational agencies with the option to use 
the funds received under section 307 of the Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 1999, for activities under part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act.
Page S2459
  Lott (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 59 (to Amendment No. 58), to provide all 
local educational agencies with the option to use the funds received under 
section 307 of the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, for 
activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 
                                                                  Page S2459
  During consideration of this bill today, the Senate took the following 
action:
  By 55 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 35), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree 
to close further debate on Jeffords Amendment No. 31, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S2464
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on Lott (for Jeffords) 
Modified Amendment No. 37 (listed above) and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the 
cloture motion could occur on Thursday, March 11, 1999.
Page S2464
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, March 10, 1999, with a vote on the 
motion to close further debate on the Kennedy/Daschle motion to recommit, 
with instructions (listed above), to occur at 1 p.m., and immediately 
following that vote, if not invoked, Senate will vote on a motion to close 
further debate on Kennedy (for Jeffords) Modified Amendment No. 37 (listed 
above).
Pages S2459-60
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the 1999 Trade Policy Agenda and 1998 annual 
report on the Trade Agreements Program; referred to the Committee on 
Finance. (PM-13).
Page S2453
  Transmitting the report of the National Endowment for the Arts for 
calendar year 1997; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 
(PM-14).
Pages S2453-54
Messages From the President:
  Pages S2453-54
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2454
Communications:
  Pages S2454-55
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2455-57
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2457-58
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S2458
Authority for Committees:
  Page S2458
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2458-59

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Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--35)
  Page S2464
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:14 p.m., 
until 12 noon on Wednesday, March 10, 1999. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2459.)