[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 40 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D259]
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                                             Friday, March 23, 2001

[[Page D259]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2795-S2833
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 603-608.
                                                             Page S2823
Measures Passed:
  Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: Senate agreed to H. 
Con. Res. 69, expressing the sense of the Congress on the Hague 
Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and 
urging all Contracting States to the Convention to recommend the 
production of practice guides.
  Page S2833
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 S2795-S2807
Rejected:
  Helms Modified Amendment No. 141, to require labor organizations to 
provide notice to members concerning their rights with respect to the 
expenditure of funds for activities unrelated to collective bargaining. 
(By 53 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 46), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S2795-98
Withdrawn:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 111, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to exempt State and local political committees from duplicative 
notification and reporting requirements made applicable to political 
organizations by Public Law 106-230.
Pages S2799-S2803
Pending:
  Specter Amendment No. 140, to provide findings regarding the current 
state of campaign finance laws and to clarify the definition of 
electioneering communication.
Page S2795
  Fitzgerald Amendment No. 144, to provide that limits on contributions 
to candidates be applied on an election cycle rather than election 
basis.
Pages S2803-07
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 12 noon, on Monday, March 26, 2001. 
                                                             Page S2833
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  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. 
                                                     Pages S2831, S2833
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S2823
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2824-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2823-24
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S2831
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2822-23
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S2831
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--46)
  Page S2797
Adjournment: Senate met at 8:45 a.m., and adjourned at 1:59 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Monday, March 26, 2001. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S2833.)