[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 13, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D94-D95]
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                                            Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed H.R. 2646, Farm Aid bill.
      The House passed H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.


                                 Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S675-S792
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and three resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1937-1944, S. Res. 208-209, and S. Con. Res. 97.
  Page S732
Measures Reported:
  S. 1857, to Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S.J. Res. 31, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 
258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
                                                                   Page S732
Measures Passed:
  Farm Aid: By 58 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 30), Senate passed H.R. 2646, to 
provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 
2011, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu 
thereof the text of S. 1731, Senate companion measure, and after taking 
action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S675-99
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 27), Reid (for Conrad) Amendment 
No. 2857 (to Amendment No. 2471), to express the Sense of the Senate that no 
Social Security surplus funds should be used to pay to make currently 
scheduled tax cuts permanent or for wasteful spending.
Pages S675-77
  By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 28), Lugar (for Kyl/Nickles) Amendment No. 
2850 (to Amendment No. 2471), to express the Sense of the Senate that the 
repeal of the estate tax should be made permanent by eliminating the sunset 
provision's applicability to the estate tax.
Pages S675-77
  Harkin (for Kerry/Snowe) Amendment No. 2852 (to Amendment No. 2471), to 
provide emergency disaster assistance for the commercial fishery failure 
with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries.
Pages S675, S679-80
  Harkin/Lugar Amendment No. 2859 (to Amendment No. 2471), to make certain 
improvements to Farm Aid.
Page S683
  Daschle (for Harkin) Amendment No. 2471, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                               Pages S675-83
Rejected:
  Lugar (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 2851 (to Amendment No. 2471), 
to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to milk producers. 
(By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 29), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S675, S677-79
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following 
action:
  Daschle motion to reconsider the vote (Vote No. 377--107th Congress, 1st 
Session) by which the second motion to invoke cloture on Daschle (for 
Harkin) Amendment No. 2471 (listed above) was not agreed to, fell when H.R. 
2646, listed above, was passed.
Page S675
  Pursuant to the order of February 7, 2002, Senate insisted on its 
amendment and requested a conference with the House thereon.
Page S699
  Also, pursuant to the order of February 7, 2002, S. 1731 was returned to 
the Senate calendar.
  Capitol Rotunda Holocaust Ceremony: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 325, 
permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of 
the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. 
                                                                   Page S791
  Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 97, providing for a 
conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and a conditional 
adjournment of the House of Representatives.
  Page S791
Election Reform: Senate began consideration of S. 565, to establish the 
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures to study and make recommendations 
regarding election technology, voting, and election administration, to 
establish a grant program under which the Office of Justice Programs and the 
Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice shall provide assistance 
to States and localities in improving election technology and the 
administration of Federal elections, and to require States to meet uniform 
and nondiscriminatory election technology and administration requirements 
for the 2004 Federal elections, taking action on the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S709-29

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Adopted:
  Smith (NH) Amendment No. 2861 (to Amendment No. 2858), of a perfecting 
nature.
Pages S714-18
  Allard Amendment No. 2858, to clarify the standard for invalidation of 
ballots cast by absent uniformed services voters in Federal elections, to 
maximize the access of recently separated uniformed services voters to the 
polls, to prohibit the refusal of voter registration and absentee ballot 
applications on grounds of early submission, and to distribute copies of the 
Federal military voter laws to the States.
Pages S713-18
  Dodd/McConnell Amendment No. 2688, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                               Pages S709-26
  Dodd (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 2874, to treat absentee ballots and 
mail-in ballots in the same manner as other paper ballot voting systems 
under the voting systems standards and to ensure that voters are informed 
how to correct voting errors before a ballot is cast and counted. 
                                                                   Page S726
  Schumer Amendment No. 2871, to specify how lever voting systems may meet 
the multilingual voting materials requirement.
Pages S727-28
  Schumer Amendment No. 2873, to require States and localities to mail a 
voter registration form to individuals who cast provisional ballots that 
were not counted.
Pages S727-28
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at 10:15 a.m., on Thursday, February 14, 2002. 
                                                                   Page S791
Reading of Washington's Farewell Address: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, notwithstanding the Resolution of the Senate of 
January 24, 1901, as modified by the order of February 13, 2002, on Monday, 
February 25, 2002, immediately following the prayer and the disposition of 
the Journal, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell Address take 
place, and the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, was authorized to 
appoint Senator Corzine to perform this task.
  Page S791
Budget and Deficit Control--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing that, at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader, 
following consultation with the Republican Leader, Senate begin 
consideration of S.J. Res. 31, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant 
to section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, with a vote to occur on passage of the joint resolution. 
                                                                   Page S791
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  John L. Howard, of Illinois, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on 
Appeals.
  Dan Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management.
  Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Environmental Protection Agency. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration.)
  Morris X. Winn, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency. (Prior to this action, Committee on 
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration.) 
                                                         Pages S791, S791-92
Messages From the House:
  Page S732
Measures Referred:
  Page S732
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S732-33
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S733-46
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S746-90
Authority for Committees to Meet:
  Pages S790-91
Privilege of the Floor:
  Page S791
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--30) 
                                                      Pages S677, S679, S799
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., until 9:30 
a.m., on Thursday, February 14, 2002.