[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 30 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D185-D186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                                 Thursday, March 8, 2001

[[Page D185]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committee ordered reported six sundry measures.
      House passed H.R. 3, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2017-S2103
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and six resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 488-501, and S. Res. 50-55.                       
  Pages S2070-71
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 51, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs.
  S. Res. 52, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
  S. Res. 53, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary. 
                                                                  Page S2070
Measures Passed:
  Committee Funding: Committee on Rules and Administration was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 54, authorizing expenditures by 
committees of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2001, through September 
30, 2001, October 1, 2001, through September 30, 2002, and October 1, 2002, 
through February 28, 2003, and the resolution was then agreed to. 
                                                              Pages S2089-94
  Honoring National Guard Victims: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 47, 
honoring the 21 members of the National Guard who were killed in the crash 
of a National Guard aircraft on March 3, 2001, in south-central Georgia. 
                                                                  Page S2101
  Honoring National Guard Victims: Committee on Armed Services was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 22, honoring the 21 
members of the National Guard who were killed in the crash of a National 
Guard aircraft on March 3, 2001, in south-central Georgia, and the 
resolution was then agreed to.                                    
  Page S2101
Bankruptcy Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 420, to amend title 
11, United States Code, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                          
  Page S2018
Adopted:
  Bingaman Modified Amendment No. 28, to increase the authorization of 
appropriations for low-income energy assistance, weatherization, and State 
energy emergency planning programs, to increase Federal energy efficiency by 
facilitating the use of private-sector partnerships to prevent energy and 
water waste.                                                  
Pages S2038-44
Rejected:
  Durbin Amendment No. 17, to discourage certain predatory lending 
practices. (By 50 yeas to 49 nays, 1 responding present (Vote No. 18), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)                                 
Pages S2018-31
  Kerry Amendment No. 26, to strike certain provisions relating to small 
businesses, and to provide for a study of the causes of small business 
bankruptcy and how Federal law regarding small business bankruptcy can be 
made more effective and efficient. (By 55 yeas to 41 nays, 1 responding 
present (Vote No. 19), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                    Pages S2032-35, S2050-52
Pending:
  Schumer Amendment No. 25, to ensure that the bankruptcy code is not used 
to exacerbate the effects of certain illegal predatory lending practices. 
                                                    Pages S2031-32, S2044-45
  Feinstein Amendment No. 27, to place a $2,500 cap on any credit card 
issued to a minor, unless the minor submits an application with the 
signature of his parents or guardian indicating joint liability for debt or 
the minor submits financial information indicating an independent means or 
an ability to repay the debt that the card accrues.           
Pages S2035-38
  Leahy Amendment No. 20, to resolve an ambiguity relating to the definition 
of current monthly income.                                    
Pages S2045-46
  Conrad Modified Amendment No. 29, to establish an off-budget lockbox to 
strengthen Social Security and Medicare.            
Pages S2047-48, S2049-50
  Sessions Amendment No. 32, to establish a procedure to safeguard the 
surpluses of the Social Security and medicare hospital insurance trust 
funds.                                                        
Pages S2048-49
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Amendment No. 29 and 32 (listed above) on Monday, March 12, 
2001, and Tuesday, March 13, 2001, with votes to occur thereon beginning at 
2:45 p.m.                                                         
Page S2052
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for any votes ordered 
today occur beginning at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, March 13, 2001.     
Page S2052

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Michael P. Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
  Kenneth W. Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
  Marc Isaiah Grossman, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Political Affairs), vice Thomas R. Pickering.
  Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
  John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms 
Control and International Security.
  Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Management).
  William Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the 
Department of State.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy.                                
Page S2103
Executive Communications:                                         
  Page S2070
Messages From the House:                                          
  Page S2069
Measures Referred:                                            
  Pages S2069-70
Statements on Introduced Bills:                               
  Pages S2072-82
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Pages S2071-72
Amendments Submitted:                                      
  Pages S2096-S2100
Additional Statements:                                        
  Pages S2068-69
Authority for Committees:                                         
  Page S2100
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--19) 
                                                          Pages S2031, S2052
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:31 a.m., and adjourned at 5:52 p.m., until 10 
a.m., on Friday, March 9, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of 
the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2103.)