[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D142-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, March 1, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      The House passed H.R. 5, Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S983-S1043
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 2126-2137, and S. Con. Res. 87.
  Pages S1024-25
Measures Passed:
  Congressional Gold Medal: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3557, to 
authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress 
to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of 
his accomplishments as a priest, a chaplain, and a humanitarian, and 
the bill was then passed.
  Pages S1006-07
Affordable Education Act: Senate continued 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, to increase the maximum annual amount of 
contributions to such accounts, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S983-S1003, S1005-18
Adopted:
  Coverdell (for Graham) Amendment No. 2844, to make permanent the 
special coordination rule between qualified tuition programs and the 
Hope and Lifetime Learning credits.
Page S1005
  By 96 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 18) Abraham/Wyden Amendment No. 2825, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the deduction for 
computer donations to schools and to allow a tax credit for donated 
computers.
Pages S992-96, S1005
  Graham Amendment No. 2864, to provide funds to assist high-poverty 
school districts in meeting their teaching needs. 
                                                  Pages S1000-03, S1006
  By 89 yeas to 9 nays (Vote No. 20) Wellstone Amendment No. 2865, to 
require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to 
Congress on the extent and severity of child poverty. 
                                               Pages S1009-13, S1017-18
  Hutchison Amendment No. 2860, to establish the Careers to Classrooms 
Program.
Pages S1013-14, S1018
Rejected:
  Robb Amendment No. 2861, to eliminate the use of education individual 
retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and to 
expand the incentives for the construction and renovation of public 
schools. (By 57 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 17), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S983-92
  Bingaman Amendment No. 2863, to ensure accountability in programs for 
disadvantaged children and provide funds to turn around failing 
schools. (By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 19), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S996-S1000, S1006
  By 42 yeas to 56 nays (Vote No. 21) Murray Amendment No. 2821, to 
provide for class size reduction programs.
Pages S1014-18
Pending:
  Coverdell (for Mack/Hatch) Amendment No. 2827, to eliminate the 
marriage penalty in the reduction in permitted contributions to 
education individual retirement accounts.
Page S1018
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill, and the Coverdell (for Mack/Hatch) Amendment 
No. 2827 (listed above), with a vote to occur thereon.
Page S1018
  A further unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for 
certain amendments to be proposed to the bill, with votes to occur 
thereon.
Page S1018
Messages From the House:
  Page S1023
Measures Referred:
  Page S1023
Communications:
  Pages S1023-24
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1025-29

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1029-31
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1031-38
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1038
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S1038-39
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1021-23
Text of S. 935 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S1039-42
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--21) 
                                         Pages S992, S1005-06, S1017-18
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:27 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 2, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1042.)