[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D146-D147]
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                                         Tuesday, February 25, 2003

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2621-S2722
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 433-447, S. Res. 64-65, and S. Con. Res. 8-
9.                                                           
  Page S2701
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 64, authorizing expenditures by the Senate Committee on 
Indian Affairs.                                              
Page S2701
Measures Discharged and Referred:
  Committee Funding Resolution: Committee on the Judiciary was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 65, authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary, and the resolution was 
then referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
                                                             Page S2714
  Child Care: Committee on Finance was discharged from further 
consideration of S. 389, to increase the supply of quality child care, 
and the bill was then referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions.                                         
  Page S2714
Nomination Considered: Senate continued consideration of the nomination 
of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit.                    
  Pages S2621-76
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 
26, 2003.                                                    
Page S2715
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Second Additional Protocol Modifying Convention with Mexico Regarding 
Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion (Treaty Doc. No. 108-
3).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having 
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. 
                                                         Pages S2714-15
Executive Reports of Committees: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Received on Thursday, February 20, 2003 during the adjournment of the 
Senate:
  Report to accompany The Moscow Treaty With Russia (Treaty Doc. 107-
8). (Ex. Rept. 108-1)                                 
Pages S2699-S2700
Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from 
the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report required by the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act on the Emergency Regarding Proliferation 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-17)                                   
Page S2698
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Anne Rader, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2004.
  Diane L. Kroupa, of Minnesota, to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years.
  Gregory W. Engle, of Colorado, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
Republic.
  Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Turkey.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Foreign Service, 
Marine Corps, Navy.                                      
Pages S2715-22
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S2698
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2698
Executive Communications:                                
  Pages S2698-99
Executive Reports of Committees:                      
  Pages S2699-S2701
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2701-03
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S2703-14
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2696-98
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:                                
  Page S2714

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Authority for Committees to Meet:                            
  Page S2714
Privilege of the Floor:                                      
  Page S2714
Adjournment: Senate met at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 6:57 p.m., until 
9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 26, 2003. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2715.)