[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D141]
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                                         Tuesday, February 27, 2001

[[Page D141]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Session to 
      receive a message from the President.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1593-S1655
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 392-408, S. Res. 28-30, and S. Con. Res. 17-
18.                                                      
  Pages S1616-17
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 30, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
Measures Passed:
  Legal Representation Authorization: Senate agreed to S. Res. 28, to 
authorize testimony and legal representation in State Of Idaho v. 
Fredrick Leroy Leas, Sr.                                     
  Page S1641
Escort Committee Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a 
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on 
the part of the House of Representatives to escort the President of the 
United States into the House Chamber for the joint session to be held 
at 9 p.m., on Tuesday, February 27, 2001.                    
  Page S1641
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice stating that the emergency 
declared with respect to the Government of Cuba's on February 24, 1996, 
is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2001; to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-7)                  
Page S1609
  Transmitting, a budget proposal for the Government of the United 
States; ordered to lie on the table. (PM-8)              
Pages S1609-12
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  19 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  8 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  18 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S1642-55
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S1609-12
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S1612-16
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S1618-38
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1617-18
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S1608-09
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S1641
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S1641
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S1641
Adjournment: Senate met at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 10:05 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 28, 2001. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S1642.)