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                                          Monday, February 23, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senator Landrieu read Washington's Farewell Address.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S797-S864
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1663-1668, S.J. Res. 41, and S. Res. 179.
  Pages S836-37
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Thursday, February 19, during the adjournment:
  S. 1133, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free 
expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for 
elementary and secondary school expenses and to increase the maximum 
annual amount of contributions to such accounts, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-164)
Page S836
Reported today:
  S. 1668, to encourage the disclosure to Congress of certain 
classified and related information. (S. Rept. No. 105-165)
Page S836
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate began consideration of S. 1663, to 
protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and 
used for politics by a corporation or labor organization, taking action 
on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S817-32
Pending:
  McCain Amendment No. 1646, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                          Pages S830-32
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the pending amendment on Tuesday, February 24, 1998, 
with a vote on a motion to table to occur thereon.
Page S832
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Patrick A. Mulloy, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Raymond L. Bramucci, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Seth D. Harris, of New York, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour 
Division, Department of Labor.
Page S863
Nomination Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  John Warren McGarry, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2001, which was sent 
to the Senate on January 7, 1997.
Page S864
Messages From the House:
  Page S832
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S832
Communications:
  Pages S832-36
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S837-46
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S846-47
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S850
Authority for Committees:
  Page S850
Additional Statements:
  Pages S850-63
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:15 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 24, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record, on 
page S863.)