[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3878-S3879]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time having been yielded back, under the 
previous order, pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate 
the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant 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 committee 
     substitute to Calendar No. 201, Senate Joint Resolution 21, a 
     joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to 
     limit Congressional terms.
         Bob Dole, Fred Thompson, Spence Abraham, Rod Grams, Mike 
           DeWine, John Ashcroft, Craig Thomas, Jon Kyl, Trent 
           Lott, John McCain, Slade Gorton, Rick Santorum, Bill 
           Frist, Larry E. Craig, Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth.


                            Call of the Roll

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mandatory quorum call has been waived.


                                  Vote

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate 
that debate on the committee substitute to Senate Joint Resolution 21, 
a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to limit 
congressional terms, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 58, nays 42, as follows:

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                      [Rollcall Vote No. 79 Leg.]

                                YEAS--58

     Abraham
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Feinstein
     Frist
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Helms
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Roth
     Santorum
     Shelby
     Simpson
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner
     Wellstone

                                NAYS--42

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Ford
     Glenn
     Harkin
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Simon
     Wyden
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coverdell). On this vote, the yeas are 58, 
the nays are 42. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not 
having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I move to reconsider the vote.
  Ms. MOSELEY-BRAUN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  Mr. President, I withdraw that request. I understand the Senator from 
Maryland has some remarks he would like to make.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from 
Maryland.

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