[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 10 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, February 8, 2000

[[Page D61]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S457-S507
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2038-2041, and S. Res. 254.
  Page S489
Measures Passed:
  Technical Corrections: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 245, to correct 
technical errors in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 764.
  Page S505
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act: Senate began consideration of S. 
1287, to provide for the storage of spent nuclear fuel pending 
completion of the nuclear waste repository, taking action on the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S463-77, S480-82
Pending:
  Lott (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 2808, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S463-77, S480-82
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 2808 
(listed above) and, by unanimous-consent, a vote on the cloture motion 
will occur at 2:15 p.m. today.
Page S463
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion may occur on Thursday, 
February 10, 2000.
Page S464
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 94 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 7), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to close further debate on Amendment No. 2808 (listed above). 
                                                          Pages S469-70
Communications:
  Pages S488-89
Petitions:
  Page S489
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S489
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S489-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S492-93
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S494-S503
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S503-04
Authority for Committees:
  Page S504
Additional Statements:
  Pages S504-05
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S504
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--7)
  Page S470
 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 5:50 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 9, 2000. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S505.)