[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 2 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D10-D11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, January 24, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed S. 1762, Fixed Interest Rates for Student 
      Loans--clearing the measure for the President.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S51-S109
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1893-1897, S. Res. 201, and S. Con. Res. 94.
  Page S100
Measures Passed:
  Commending University of Miami Football Champions: Senate agreed to 
S. Res. 201, commending the University of Miami Hurricanes football 
team for winning the 2001 NCAA Division I-A collegiate football 
national championship.
  Pages S108-09
Adoption Tax Credit: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 622, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the adoption credit, 
taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 
                                                           Pages S53-92
Pending:
  Daschle/Baucus Amendment No. 2698, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                           Pages S53-92
  Smith (OR) Amendment No. 2705 (to the language proposed to be 
stricken), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a 
special depreciation allowance for certain property acquired after 
September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004.
Pages S88-92
  During consideration of this measure, Senate also took the following 
action:
  By 57 yeas to 33 nays (Vote No. 2), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected the motion to waive section 205 of H. Con. Res. 290, 
Congressional Budget Resolution of 2001 (106th Congress), with respect 
to the emergency designation of Baucus Amendment No. 2701 (to Amendment 
No. 2698), to provide emergency agriculture assistance. Subsequently, a 
point of order that the emergency designation of the amendment was in 
violation of section 205 of H. Con. Res. 290, Congressional Budget 
Resolution of 2001 was sustained, and the emergency designation was 
stricken.
Pages S76-88
  Senate sustained a point of order against Baucus Amendment No. 2701 
(listed above), as being in violation of section 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for exceeding the spending allocation 
of the Senate Finance Committee, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                               Page S88
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of Smith Amendment No. 2705 (to Amendment No. 2698), 
listed above, and certain amendments to be proposed thereto, on Friday, 
January 25, 2002, with a vote to occur on or in relation to the Smith 
(OR) amendment at 10:30 a.m.
Page S92
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing for consideration of the nominations of Marcia S. Krieger, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, and James 
C. Mahan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada 
on Friday, January 25, 2002, with votes to occur on each nomination. 
                                                               Page S92
Messages From the House:
  Page S98
Measures Referred:
  Page S98
Executive Communications:
  Pages S98-S100
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S100-01
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S101-04
Additional Statements:
  Pages S97-98
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S104-07
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S107-08
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S108
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--2) 
                                                           Pages S87-88

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Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:21 p.m., until 
10 a.m., on Friday, January 25, 2002. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S109.)