[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 145 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11173-S11174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the modified 
     committee amendment to S. 1173, the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act:
         Trent Lott, John H. Chafee, Pat Roberts, Slade Gorton, 
           Jon Kyl, Dan Coats, Ted Stevens, Mitch McConnell, Mike 
           DeWine, John W. Warner, Larry E. Craig, Don Nickles, 
           Jesse Helms, Chuck Hagel, Dirk Kempthorne, Lauch 
           Faircloth.


                            CALL OF THE ROLL

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the quorum call has 
been waived.


                                  VOTE

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is, Is it the sense of the 
Senate that debate on the modified committee amendment to S. 1173, a 
bill to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway 
safety programs, and for mass transit programs, and for other purposes, 
shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required under the rule. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico [Mr. 
Domenici], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Inhofe], the Senator from 
Arizona [Mr. Kyl], the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain], the Senator 
from Wyoming [Mr. Enzi], and the Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch] are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Harkin] and the 
Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Wellstone] are necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Minnesota [Mr. Wellstone] would vote ``no.''
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 43, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 278 Leg.]

                                YEAS--43

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Faircloth
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Jeffords
     Kempthorne
     Lott
     Lugar
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Roth
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--49

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Cleland
     Collins
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein

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     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mack
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Snowe
     Specter
     Thompson
     Torricelli
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Domenici
     Enzi
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Inhofe
     Kyl
     McCain
     Wellstone
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 43, the nays are 49. 
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  The Senator from Rhode Island is recognized.
  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BREAUX. 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. BREAUX. Mr. President, I would just ask, what is the order of 
business for the Senate?

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