[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 55 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D434]
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                                                     Monday, May 8, 2000

[[Page D434]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3569-S3627
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2516-2518. 
                                                                  Page S3612
Measures Passed:
  Death of Archbishop John Cardinal O'Connor: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
317, expressing the sense of the Congress on the death of John Cardinal 
O'Connor, Archbishop of New York.                                 
  Page S3626
Elementary and Secondary Reauthorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 
2, to extend programs and activities under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                            
  Pages S3575-S3601, S3626
Adopted:
  Collins Amendment No. 3104, to modify the list of eligible programs that 
may be subject to a performance partnership agreement.        
Pages S3594-95
Pending:
  Coverdell (for Lott/Gregg) Amendment No. 3126, to improve certain 
provisions relating to teachers.                              
Pages S3578-94
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments to be proposed thereto, on Tuesday, 
May 9, 2000, with a vote on the pending amendment to occur at 2:15 p.m. 
                                                                  Page S3626
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the 
President of the United States:
  Transmitting the FY 2000 budget request of the District of Columbia 
Courts; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-103)        
Page S3605
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  2 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.           
Pages S3626-27
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Verification and Compliance).                                    
Page S3627
Messages From the President:                                      
  Page S3605
Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S3605
Measures Referred:                                                
  Page S3605
Petitions:                                                    
  Pages S3605-12
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S3612-15
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S3615-16
Amendments Submitted:                                         
  Pages S3616-19
Notices of Hearings:                                              
  Page S3619
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S3602-05
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 6:52 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Tuesday, May 9, 2000. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the 
Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3627.)