[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1344]
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    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996--CONFERENCE REPORT

  The Senate continued with consideration of the bill.

                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:


                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the conference 
     report to accompany H.R. 2546, the D.C. appropriations bill.

         Bob Dole, Jim Jeffords, Trent Lott, Rick Santorum, 
           Alfonse D'Amato, Dan Coats, Mark Hatfield, Bill Frist, 
           John McCain, Larry Pressler, Kay Bailey Hutchison, 
           Olympia Snowe, Alan Simpson, Conrad Burns, Spencer 
           Abraham, Orrin G. Hatch.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this cloture vote will occur on Thursday, 
February 29, at a time to be determined by the two leaders. This is 
obviously very important legislation. It is important that we come to 
an agreement on the District of Columbia appropriations conference 
report. I do not understand why it is being held up at this point 
because I felt like the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, the 
Senator from Vermont, Senator Jeffords, had worked out a very 
reasonable compromise of how to deal with the vouchers and 
scholarships, using a lot of latitude with the District of Columbia, 
the school board, and I think he came up with a very logical solution. 
I know the city is anxious to get its appropriations completed.
  We will have this vote on Thursday, February 29, at a time we will 
announce later.

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