[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 148 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1193-D1194]
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                                          Tuesday, December 5, 2000

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Continuing Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11547-S11615
Measures Introduced: Three bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3272-
3274.
  Page S11575
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Resolution: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 295), 
Senate passed H.J. Res. 126, making further continuing appropriations 
for the fiscal year 2001, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S11550-52
American Embassy Security Act/Bankruptcy Reform Act Conference Report: 
Senate resumed consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2415, to 
enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 
2000. (On October 11, 2000, the H.R. 2415 conference committee struck 
all of the House bill after the enacting clause and inserted the 
provisions of S. 3186, the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000). 
                                                        Pages S11552-53
  During consideration of the conference report today, Senate also took 
the following action:
  By unanimous consent, Senate agreed to the motion to proceed to the 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the cloture vote (November 1, 
2000--Vote No. 294) on the conference report was not invoked, and 
agreed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which the cloture vote 
(November 1, 2000--Vote No. 294) on the conference report was not 
invoked.
Page S11550
  By 67 yeas to 31 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 296), three-
fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the 
affirmative, Senate, upon reconsideration, agreed to close further 
debate on the conference report.
Page S11553
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Wednesday, December 6, 2000 
and Thursday, December 7, 2000, with a vote on adoption of the 
conference report to occur at 4 p.m. on Thursday.
Page S11558
Appointments:
  Congressional Award Board: The Chair, on behalf of the Majority 
Leader, pursuant to Public Law 96-114, as amended, announced the 
appointment of the following individuals to the Congressional Award 
Board: Galen J. Reser, of Connecticut, and Rex B. Wackerle, of 
Virginia.
  Page S11614
  Women's Progress Commemoration Commission: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-341, announced the 
appointment of the following individual to the Women's Progress 
Commemoration Commission: Ann F. Lewis, of Maryland, vice Joan Doran 
Hedrick, of Connecticut.
  Page S11614
Nominations Confirmed: Senate discharged the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and confirmed the following nominations:
  Larry Carp, of Missouri, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations.
  Jay T. Snyder, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations.
Pages S11614, S11615
Messages From the House:
  Pages S11566-67
Communications:
  Pages S11567-75
Petitions:
  Page S11575
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11575-S11607
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S11607
Additional Statements:
  Page S11565-66
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--296) 
                                                   Pages S11552, S11553

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Recess: Senate convened at 12:01 p.m. and, recessed at 5:01 p.m., until 
10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, December 6, 2000. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11614.)