[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D235]
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                                            Tuesday, March 20, 2001

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2535-S2601
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 568-581, and S.J. Res. 8-9.   
  Pages S2582-83
Measures Passed:
  China Human Rights Violations: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 22, urging the 
appropriate representative of the United States to the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights to introduce at the annual meeting of the 
Commission a resolution calling upon the People's Republic of China to 
end its human rights violations in China and Tibet, and the resolution 
was then agreed to.                                      
  Pages S2600-01
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate continued consideration of S. 27, to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan 
campaign reform, taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                       
  Pages S2536-52, S2553-71
Adopted:
  By 70 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 38), Domenici Amendment No. 115, to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to modify individual 
contribution limits in response to expenditures of a candidate from 
personal funds.                                          
Pages S2547-50
Rejected:
  By 37 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 39), Bennett Amendment No. 117, to 
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit separate 
segregated funds and nonconnected political committees from using soft 
money to subsidize hard dollar fund-raising.   
Pages S2550-52, S2553-60
  Smith (OR) Amendment No. 118, to prohibit candidates and Members of 
Congress from accepting certain contributions while Congress is in 
session. (By 74 yeas to 25 nays (Vote No. 40), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)                                              
Pages S2561-67
Pending:
  Torricelli Amendment No. 122, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to require television broadcast stations, and providers of cable or 
satellite television service, to provide lowest unit rate to committees 
of political parties purchasing time on behalf of candidates. 
                                                         Pages S2567-71
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Torricelli Amendment No. 122 (listed above) of the 
bill on Wednesday, March 21, 2001.                           
Page S2601
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  3 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Coast Guard.                         
Page S2601
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2579-82
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S2584-95
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2583-84
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S2595-S2600
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2577-79
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S2600
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S2600
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S2600
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--40) 
                                           Pages S2550, S2560, S2566-67
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:48 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 21, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2601.)