[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 154 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14640-S14641]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.


               Vote on Motion to Table Amendment No. 2841

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  Mr. DOLE. Madam President, there will be 4 minutes evenly divided 
between the votes, and I ask unanimous consent that the second vote be 
10 minutes in length.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion to lay on the table 
amendment No. 2841. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will 
call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. I announce that the Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett] and the 
Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] are necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Glenn] and the 
Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Johnston] are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 44, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 478 Leg.]

                                YEAS--52

     Abraham
     Ashcroft
     Biden
     Bond
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Burns
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Ford
     Frist
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Helms
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Pressler
     Reid
     Roth
     Santorum
     Simpson
     Smith
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--44

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Brown
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Packwood
     Pell
     Pryor
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Simon
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Wellstone

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Bennett
     Glenn
     Johnston
     Shelby
  So the motion to lay on the table the amendment (No. 2841) was agreed 
to.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to 
lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. DOLE. Madam 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. DOLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The majority leader.
  There are 4 minutes equally divided.
  Mr. FORD. Madam President, could we have order, then, please?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. May we have order in the Chamber, please?
  The Senator from New Hampshire.


                           Amendment No. 2842

  Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent Senator D'Amato and Senator 
Hollings be added as cosponsors.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. GREGG. I will yield the 2 minutes on our side.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there anyone else who seeks recognition?
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. FORD. Madam President, the Senator from Georgia has been trying 
to get recognition, and you cannot hear him for the noise in the Senate 
Chamber.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. May we have order?
  The Senator from Georgia.
  Mr. NUNN. Madam President, this resolution is very similar to the 
resolution we passed in 1993. If I had my way, I would not have brought 
up the resolution at this point in time. Of course, every Senator has 
the right to bring up whatever they would like on any bill under our 
procedure. The peace agreement is being negotiated now. This 
resolution, in my view, is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that does 
not have the effect of law. It is not binding on the President. It does 
make it clear the Senate of the United States expects the President of 
the United States to, basically, have Congress speak to this issue 
before we have deployment of troops.
  We had a good meeting at the White House today. I think the President 
made it clear his position is very similar to what President Bush's 
position was before the Persian Gulf war, that is, he would welcome an 
expression by Congress approving this peacekeeping mission, but he at 
this point in time certainly is going to consult with Congress in any 
event.
  Madam President, there are a lot of questions that need to be asked 
by the United States before this deployment takes place. We need to 
have hearings in the Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Relations 
Committee. We need to ask a lot of tough questions. Most of all, the 
American people need to be informed by the President that this is truly 
in our national interest before we make any commitment under our NATO 
alliance.
  But the United States must lead. If there is a deployment that takes 
place after an agreement, it is important for the United States to ask 
the tough questions before deployment within the NATO context, but it 
is also important for the United States to lead.
  So, we have a long way to go before there is a peace agreement. We 
have a lot to do before we, in the Congress, have done our duty by 
asking the questions. This is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that is 
not binding. It indicates the will of the Senate.
  I will vote aye.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. The question is now on 
the amendment offered by the Senator from New Hampshire, amendment No. 
2842.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. I announce that the Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett] and the 
Senator from Alabama [Mr. Shelby] are necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Ohio [Mr. Glenn] and the 
Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Johnston] are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 2, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 479 Leg.]

                                YEAS--94

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Brown
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Packwood
     Pell
     Pressler
     Pryor
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Simpson
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner
     Wellstone

                                NAYS--2

     Exon
     Simon
       

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Bennett
     Glenn
     Johnston
     Shelby
  So the amendment (No. 2842) was agreed to.
  Mr. GRAMM. Madam President, we have many things working and trying to 
work out an agreement. I think it would probably be advantageous at 
this point to suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  
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  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the previous 
vote be reconsidered.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. LOTT. I observe the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. THURMOND. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent now to bring 
up the nomination of General Shalikashvili for reappointment as 
general. Today is the last day. We have to act on it now.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to bringing up the 
nomination in executive session?
  Mr. KOHL. Objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. FORD. Regular order, Madam President.
  Mr. KOHL. Objection withdrawn.

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