[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                          Tuesday, January 23, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S429-S505
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were 
introduced, as follows: S. 144-160, and S. Res. 14.
  Page S456
Measures Passed:
  Georgia Southern University Eagles Commendation: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 14, commending the Georgia Southern University Eagles football 
team for winning the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football championship. 
                                                              Page S505
Nomination Considered: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of the nomination of Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to 
be Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Senate began 
consideration of the nomination.
  Pages S441-46
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination on Wednesday, January 24, 2001, with a 
vote on the confirmation of the nomination to occur at 11:30 a.m. 
                                                              Page S505
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. EX. 1), Mitchell E. Daniels, 
Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. EX. 2), Anthony Joseph 
Principi, of California, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. EX. 3), Melquiades Rafael 
Martinez, of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
                                                    Pages S439-41, S505
Communications:
  Pages S454-55
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S456-97
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S498
Additional Statements:
  Pages S453-54
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--3) 
                                                              Page S441
Adjournment: Senate met at 11:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:26 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 24, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S505.)