[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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