[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S7916]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk to the 
nuclear waste bill.
  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 motion to 
     proceed to S. 1936, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act.
         Trent Lott, Frank H. Murkowski, Larry E. Craig, Don 
           Nickles, Strom Thurmond, Rick Santorum, Conrad R. 
           Burns, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Sheila Frahm, Mitch 
           McConnell, Jim Jeffords, Jim Inhofe, Rod Grams, Dirk 
           Kempthorne, Christopher S. Bond, Fred Thompson.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture 
vote occur on Thursday, July 25, at a time to be determined by the 
majority leader, after notification of the Democratic leader, and that 
the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I just reserve the right to object. I do not 
intend to object, but I ask the majority leader if he, in consultation 
with the minority leader sometime prior to that vote, would give us a 
reasonable period of time to talk before the cloture vote, whatever 
would be determined reasonable between the two leaders.
  Mr. LOTT. Would the Senator repeat?
  Mr. REID. The cloture vote will occur sometime on July 25. Can we 
have a few minutes to talk about that?
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would rather not set the time right now.
  Mr. REID. I did not want the time----
  Mr. LOTT. It is a reasonable request we have some time before we go 
to a vote. We will consult with the Senator and the Democratic leader.
  Mr. REID. I do not expect the time to be set now. I do not expect the 
leader to set the time. I am just asking if the majority leader and the 
minority leader would consider giving us a few minutes.
  Mr. LOTT. We will.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection. Without objection, it is 
so ordered.

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