[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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                    GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT


                           motion to proceed

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to the conference 
report accompanying H.R. 1804, the Goals 2000: Educate America Act.
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I demand that the conference report be 
read.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, do I understand that we are now off the 
budget resolution?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to read the conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the 
Record of March 21, 1994.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
reading of the conference report be dispensed with.
  Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Conrad). Is there objection?
  Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I object.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I just wanted to make sure my colleague 
was alert.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will continue to read the conference 
report.
  The legislative clerk continued to read the conference report.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the conference report be dispensed with.
  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The clerk will continue to read the conference report.
  The assistant legislative clerk continued with the reading of the 
conference report.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask that further reading of the 
conference report be dispensed with.
  Mr. COATS. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Harkin). Objection is heard.
  The clerk will continue reading the conference report.
  The bill clerk continued with the reading of the conference report.
  Mr. HELMS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of 
the conference report be temporarily dispensed with for the purpose of 
propounding a unanimous-consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to this request that the 
reading of the conference report to be temporarily laid aside?
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, a parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will state it.
  Mr. KENNEDY. What was the request, Mr. President?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Would the Senator state the request again?
  Mr. HELMS. I certainly will.
  I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the conference report be 
temporarily dispensed with for the purpose of propounding a unanimous 
consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request?
  Hearing none, the reading is temporarily laid aside.
  Mr. HELMS. I thank the Chair.
  First of all, I want to thank the distinguished clerks who have been 
so diligently reading the conference report this evening.


                       unanimous-consent request

  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 230, to 
correct the enrollment of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1804; 
and that it be in order for the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Helms] 
to modify the resolution with the text of amendment No. 1382; and that 
there be then 30 minutes to be equally divided in the usual form; and 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate, without any 
intervening action or debate, vote on the concurrent resolution.

  I further ask unanimous consent that once the Senate has adopted the 
concurrent resolution, as modified, and immediately upon the receipt of 
the House message that the House has agreed to House Concurrent 
Resolution 230, without further modification, the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 1804 be deemed agreed to and the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table.
  I further ask unanimous consent that if the Senate does not receive 
the House message re: action on the concurrent resolution, prior to the 
business on Friday, March 25, or receives the message that the House 
has further modified the concurrent resolution, that the conference 
report then become the pending business on Monday, April 11, and that 
following 1 hour of debate, a cloture vote occur on the conference 
report, under the provisions of rule 22.
  Further, I ask unanimous consent that immediately following the 
disposition of the concurrent resolution, the Senate resume 
consideration of the budget resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the unanimous consent 
request?
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I object and I ask that further reading 
of the conference report be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will continue reading the conference 
report.
  Mr. HELMS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The reading of the conference report was 
temporarily laid aside only for the purpose of propounding a unanimous-
consent request, which was objected to. Therefore, the clerk will 
continue reading the report.
  The bill clerk continued to read the conference report.
  Mr. HELMS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Akaka). The Senator from North Carolina is 
recognized.
  The HELMS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  Mr. KENNEDY addressed the Chair.
  Mr. HELMS. Regular order, Mr. President.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to dispense with 
the reading.
  Mr. HELMS. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read.
  The bill clerk continued to read the conference report.
  Mr. MITCHELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the 
conference report be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       unanimous-consent request

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1804, the 
Goals 2000 education bill; that there be 30 minutes for debate, equally 
divided in the usual form on the conference report; that upon the use, 
or yielding back of that time the Senate, without any intervening 
action or debate, vote on passage of the conference report; that upon 
the disposition of the budget resolution, the appointment of conferees 
thereto and the disposition of the conference report on H.R. 3345, the 
Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of a bill to be introduced by Senator Helms that is 
identical to the text of amendment No. 1382; that the only amendment in 
order to that bill be a relevant one to be offered by Senator Levin; 
that upon the disposition of the conference report on H.R. 1804, the 
Senate proceed to the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 
3345 for the purpose of filing of cloture motions; and that when the 
Senate resumes consideration of Senate Concurrent Resolution 63 at 9 
a.m. tomorrow there be 10 hours remaining for debate equally divided.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 12:30 
a.m. today the Senate vote on my motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the conference report on H.R. 1804; that if the Senate votes to 
proceed to that conference report that I be recognized to offer two 
cloture motions on the conference report; that the Senate then proceed 
to a vote on my motion to proceed to the conference report on H.R. 
3345, the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act, following which I be 
recognized to offer two cloture motions; that if the Senate votes to 
proceed to that conference report, that I then be recognized to offer 
two cloture motions to that conference report.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Then, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 
12:30 a.m. today the Senate vote on my motion to proceed to the 
conference report on H.R. 1804, the Goals 2000 education bill.
  Mr. DOLE. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorom call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Unanimous consent agreement

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, prior to the quorum call, I propounded 
three unanimous consent requests, each of which were objected to.
  I now renew the second of those requests, the substance of which was 
that we would have a rollcall vote at 12:30 on my motion to proceed to 
consideration of the conference report on the Goals 2000 education 
bill, following which I would offer two cloture motions to that 
conference report, following which we would vote in a recorded rollcall 
vote on my motion to proceed to the conference report on the Federal 
Workforce Restructuring Act, following which I would offer two cloture 
motions on that.
  This is the substance of the request which I made earlier to which 
objection was heard, and I now renew that request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DOLE. I will not object, I just want a clarification. These would 
ripen on Saturday?
  Mr. MITCHELL. That is correct. As of now, under the rules, unless 
agreement is reached to the contrary, there would be the possibility of 
four cloture votes on Saturday.
  Mr. DOLE. But in the event cloture was obtained on Goals 2000, we 
would complete action on that before the other vote?
  Mr. MITCHELL. Yes.
  I have a parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President.
  It is my understanding, if cloture is obtained on the Goals 2000 
bill, we would have to complete the clotured item before the vote 
occurred on the other item.
  I ask the Chair whether my understanding in that regard is correct?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's understanding is correct.
  Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, so all Senators can be aware of the 
situation, there will be a vote at 12:30 a.m., which is in about 6 
minutes, on my motion to proceed to the conference report on the 
education bill, following which I will offer two cloture motions on 
that; and, immediately following that, there will be a rollcall vote on 
my motion to proceed to the conference report on the so-called Federal 
buyout bill, following which I will offer two cloture motions on that.
  I have not requested the yeas and nays. I included it in my 
unanimous-consent request.
  So there can be no misunderstanding, I now ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I now suggest the absence of a quorum.
  I thank my colleagues for their cooperation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The absence of a quorum has been suggested. 
The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     vote on the motion to proceed

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to proceed to 
the conference report.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Delaware [Mr. Biden], the 
Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Boren], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. 
DeConcini], the Senator from Louisana [Mr. Johnston], the Senator from 
Ohio [Mr. Metzenbaum], the Senator from Georgia [Mr. Nunn], and the 
Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby], are necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from New York [Mr. D'Amato], 
and the Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Wallop], are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced, yeas 60, nays 31, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 70 leg.]

                                YEAS--60

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Danforth
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durenberger
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mathews
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Simon
     Specter
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                                NAYS--31

     Bennett
     Brown
     Burns
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     Dole
     Faircloth
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchison
     Kempthorne
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Packwood
     Pressler
     Roth
     Simpson
     Smith
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Biden
     Boren
     D'Amato
     DeConcini
     Johnston
     Metzenbaum
     Nunn
     Shelby
     Wallop
  So the motion was agreed to.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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