[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 140 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1142-D1143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Friday, October 15, 1999

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to the conference report on VA-HUD Appropriations.
      Senate passed District of Columbia Appropriations bill.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12655-S12730
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1735-1741, S. Res. 204, and S. Con. Res. 60. 
                                                            Page S12695
Measures Passed:
  District of Columbia Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 3064, making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said 
District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, after agreeing 
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Page S12729
  Sessions (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 2302, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S12729
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Hutchison, Stevens, Kyl, 
Durbin, and Inouye.
Page S12729
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 1593, to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan 
campaign reform, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S12660-81
Pending:
  Daschle Amendment No. 2298, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S12660-81
  Reid Amendment No. 2299 (to Amendment No. 2298), of a perfecting 
nature.
Pages S12660-81
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Daschle Amendment No. 
2298, 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 Tuesday, October 19, 1999.
Page S12661
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Reid Amendment No. 
2299 (to Amendment No. 2298), 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 Tuesday, October 19, 1999. 
                                                            Page S12661
VA-HUD Appropriations--Conference Report: By 93 yeas to 5 nays (Vote 
No. 328), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2684, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S12655-59
Quality Care for the Uninsured Act--Conferees: Senate authorized the 
Chair to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate to 
H.R. 2990, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 
individuals greater access to health insurance through a health care 
tax deduction, a long-term care deduction, and other health-related tax 
incentives, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to provide access to and choice in health care through association 
health plans, to amend the Public Health Service Act to create new 
pooling opportunities for small employers to obtain greater access to 
health coverage through HealthMarts: Senators Jeffords, Gregg, Frist, 
Hutchinson, Nickles, Gramm, Enzi, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, Mikulski, and 
Rockefeller.
  Page S12659
  By unanimous consent, Senate vitiated the July 15, 1999 passage of S. 
1344, Senate companion measure to H.R. 2990, which passed the Senate on 
October 14, 1999, after the Senate struck all after the enacting clause 
and inserted the text of S. 1344, as passed. Subsequently, S. 1344 was 
indefinitely postponed.
Page S12728
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:

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  Ellen Segal Huvelle, of the District of Columbia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Anna J. Brown, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Oregon.
  Charles A. Pannell, Jr., of Georgia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Pages S12728, S12730
Messages From the House:
  Page S12693
Measures Referred:
  Page S12693
Communications:
  Pages S12693-95
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12695-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12699-S12700
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12701-23
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S12723
Authority for Committees:
  Page S12723
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12723-27
Text of S. 938 and H.R. 659, as amended, as Previously Passed: 
                                                        Pages S12727-28
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--328) 
                                                            Page S12659
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 2:38 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, October 18, 1999. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12729.)