[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D110]
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                                       Wednesday, February 23, 2000

[[Page D110]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S705-S754
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2087-
2088.                                                         
  Page S741
Affordable Education Act: Senate began consideration of S. 1134, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures 
from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and 
secondary school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of 
contributions to such accounts.                           
  Pages S716-36
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, February 
24, 2000.
Appointments:
  Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: The Chair, on behalf of the 
President pro tempore, pursuant to provisions of Public Law 106-79, 
appointed Senators Inouye and Reed to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial 
Commission.                                                   
  Page S751
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Thomas M. Slonaker, of Arizona, to be Special Trustee, Office of 
Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior.
  Michelle Andrews Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives.
  Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of New York.
  4 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.             
Pages S753-54
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                  
  Page S738
Communications:                                           
  Pages S738-39
Petitions:                                                
  Pages S739-41
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S741-45
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S745-47
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S747
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S748-51
Privileges of the Floor:                                  
  Pages S747-48
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:20 p.m., 
until 11:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 24, 2000. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S751.)