[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 93 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D737-D738]
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                                              Monday, June 28, 1999

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7681-S7755
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1288-
1296.                                                        
  Page S7717
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1292, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. (S. 
Rept. No. 106-99)                                            
Page S7716
Measures Passed:
  Lake Oconee Land Exchange Act: Senate passed S. 604, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to complete a land exchange with Georgia Power 
Company.                                                     
  Page S7754
Agriculture Appropriations, FY2000: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
1233, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:                           
  Pages S7696-S7705
Pending:
  Feinstein Amendment No. 737, to prohibit arbitrary limitation or 
conditions for the provision of services and to ensure that medical 
decisions are not made without the best available evidence or 
information.                                          
Pages S7796-S7705
  Lott Amendment No. 1103 (to Amendment No. 737), to improve the access 
and choice of patients to quality, affordable health care. 
                                                      Pages S7796-S7705
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 1103 
(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 Wednesday, June 30, 1999.                           
Page S7697
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 50 yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 184), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the bill.         
Page S7705
Transportation Appropriations Cloture Vote: By 49 yeas to 40 nays (Vote 
No. 185), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not 
having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 
1143, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. 
                                                         Pages S7705-06
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations Cloture Vote: By 49 yeas to 39 
nays (Vote No. 186), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and 
sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
S. 1217, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000.                              
  Page S7706
Foreign Operations Appropriations Cloture Vote: By 49 yeas to 41 nays 
(Vote No. 187), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, 
not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close 
further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 
1234, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. 
                                                         Pages S7706-07
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the executive order of the implementation 
of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention 
Implementation Act; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs. (PM-42).                                  
Pages S7708-09
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S7708-09
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S7709
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S7709
Communications:                                          
  Pages S7709-12
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S7712-16
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7716-17
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7717-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7725-26

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Amendments Submitted (during the adjournment):           
  Pages S7726-37
Amendments Submitted (today):                            
  Pages S7737-52
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S7752
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7752-53
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--187) 
                                                         Pages S7705-06
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:25 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7754.)