Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)

[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4160-S4161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1996

The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
Mr. DOLE. I think now we can complete action on the other and turn it
over to the chairman of the Appropriations Committee and anybody else
who wishes to speak.
I will start where we left off.
For the information of all Senators, pending before the Senate is
1664, as reported by the Judiciary Committee.
I now ask unanimous consent that all remaining amendments to the
immigration bill be relevant.
Mr. DASCHLE. I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

Amendment No. 3743

Mr. DOLE. Therefore, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole], for Mr. Simpson,
proposes an amendment numbered 3743.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
[Amendment No. 3743 is located in todays Record under ``Amendments
Submitted.'']
Mr. DOLE. I 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.

Amendment No. 3744 to Amendment No. 3743

Mr. DOLE. I send a second-degree amendment to the desk and ask for
its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole], for Mr. Simpson,
proposes an amendment numbered 3744 to amendment No. 3743.

Motion to Recommit

Mr. DOLE. I move to recommit the bill, and I send a motion to the
desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

Motion to recommit S. 1664 to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to report back forthwith.

Amendment No. 3745 to Instructions of Motion To Recommit

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

The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Lott] proposes an
amendment numbered 3745 to instructions of motion to
recommit.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:

Add at the end of the instructions the following: ``that
the following amendment be reported back forthwith''.
Add the following new subsection to section 182 of the
bill:
(c) Statement of Amount of Detention Space in Prior
Years.--Such report shall also state the amount of detention
space available in each of the 10 years prior to the
enactment of this Act.

Mr. DOLE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.

Amendment No. 3746 to Amendment No. 3745

Mr. DOLE. Now I send a second-degree amendment to the desk and ask
for its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole] proposes an amendment
numbered 3746 to amendment No. 3745.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:

At the end of the amendment add the following:
Sec. 178 of the bill is amended by adding the following new
subsection:
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 30 days
after the effective date of this Act.

Cloture Motion

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I now send a cloture motion to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
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 Dole (for
Simpson) amendment No. 3743 to the bill, S. 1664, the
immigration bill.
Bob Dole, Alan Simpson, Dirk Kempthorne, Strom Thurmond,
Dan Coats, James Inhofe, Jesse Helms, Richard Shelby,
Trent Lott, Conrad Burns, Connie Mack, Hank Brown, Kay
Bailey Hutchison, Paul Coverdell, Fred Thompson, and
Rick Santorum.

Cloture Motion

Mr. DOLE. I now send a second motion to the desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
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 Dole (for
Simpson) amendment No 3743 to the bill, S. 1664, the
immigration bill.
Bob Dole, Alan Simpson, Jesse Helms, Fred Thompson,
Richard Shelby, Judd Gregg, Jon Kyl, Dirk Kempthorne,
Trent Lott, Orrin Hatch, Larry Craig, Rick Santorum,
John McCain, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Slade Gorton, and
Don Nickles.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, I just
sent two cloture motions to the desk which would limit debate on the
new Simpson amendment which encompasses all the Senate has adopted on
the immigration bill to date.
The first cloture vote will occur on Monday, April 29, and I will
consult with the Democratic leader before setting the cloture vote. I
have been thinking about 5 o'clock, or something near that, so that all
Members can be prepared for the cloture vote on Monday.
The second cloture vote will occur on Tuesday. And, again, I will
speak with the distinguished Democratic leader.
I also indicate that I regret that I had to file cloture motions to
fill up the amendment tree. But we would like to finish the immigration
bill.
We still have ongoing discussions of when we can agree, if we can
agree, on a procedure to handle a minimum wage. If we can work that
out, a lot of this would end, and we could finally end the immigration
bill very quickly.
So I do not really have much alternative unless I submit to the
request of the Senator from Massachusetts.
It seems to me that we can work out some agreeable time for all
Senators and some agreeable procedure. We will try to do that between
now and Monday. Maybe we can vitiate many of these things.
Mr. DASCHLE addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader.

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Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of the
distinguished majority leader.
The leader is absolutely right. This is all necessary because we are
not in a position to agree tonight apparently on when that time certain
may be for the minimum wage. I am optimistic, given our conversations
in the last few hours, that we might be able to find a way in which to
schedule the vote on the minimum wage in the not too distant future.
I am very hopeful that that can be done, that we can preclude in the
future this kind of unnecessary filling of the tree and the
parliamentary procedures involved with it. It is unfortunate, but under
the circumstances there may not be an alternative.

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