[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3818]
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                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the hour of 11:15 
a.m. having arrived, the clerk will report the motion to invoke 
cloture.
  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 motion to proceed to S. 543, a bill to provide 
protections to volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and governmental 
entities in lawsuits based on the activities of volunteers:
         Senators Trent Lott, Paul Coverdell, Connie Mack, Slade 
           Gorton, Don Nickles, Spencer Abraham, Larry E. Craig, 
           Michael Enzi, Craig Thomas, Phil Gramm, Dan Coats, Rick 
           Santorum, Mitch McConnell, Orrin Hatch, R.F. Bennett, 
           and Mike DeWine.


                            call of the roll

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the quorum call has been 
waived.


                                  vote

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate 
that debate on the motion to proceed to S. 543, the Volunteer 
Protection Act, 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.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Inouye] is 
necessarily absent.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 55, nays 44, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Leg.]

                                YEAS--55

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Domenici
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Smith, Bob
     Smith, Gordon H.
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--44

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Cleland
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Inouye
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 55, the nays are 44. 
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. GRAMS. 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. GRAMS. Mr. President, I also ask that I may be allowed to speak 
in morning business for up to 5 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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