[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 6 (Saturday, January 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                         Saturday, January 20, 2001

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House and Senate met for the Inauguration of President George 
      Walker Bush and Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S57-S67
Measures Introduced: Two resolutions were submitted, as follows: S. 
Res. 9-10.
  Page S67
Measures Passed:
  Election of President Pro Tempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 9, 
notifying the President of the United States of the election of a 
President pro tempore.
  Page S57
  Election of President Pro Tempore: Senate agreed to S. Res. 10, 
notifying the House of Representatives of the election of a President 
pro tempore of the Senate.
  Page S57
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Ann Margaret Veneman, of California, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
  Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Defense.
  Donald Louis Evans, of Texas, to be Secretary of Commerce.
  Spencer Abraham, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  Colin Luther Powell, of Virginia, to be Secretary of State.
  Roderick R. Paige, of Texas, to be Secretary of Education. 
                                                      Pages S58-66, S67
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ann Margaret Veneman, of California, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
  Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Defense.
  Melquiades Rafael Martinez, of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
  Donald Louis Evans, of Texas, to be Secretary of Commerce.
  Spencer Abraham, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Energy.
  Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.
  Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency.
  Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
  Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
  Colin Luther Powell, of Virginia, to be Secretary of State.
  Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs.
  Roderick R. Paige, of Texas, to be Secretary of Education. 
                                                      Pages S57-58, S67
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S67
Adjournment: Senate met at 3:02 p.m., and adjourned at 3:13 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Monday, January 22, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S67.)