[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 16 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S1045]
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                        PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report the motion to invoke cloture.
  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 McCain-
     Feingold amendment.
         Russell D. Feingold, Paul Wellstone, J. Lieberman, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Tim Johnson, Edward M. Kennedy, 
           Byron L. Dorgan, Barbara A. Mikulski, Daniel K. Akaka, 
           Jay Rockefeller, Dale Bumpers, Wendell H. Ford, John 
           Breaux, J. Robert Kerrey, Ernest F. Hollings, Daniel 
           Moynihan, Patty Murray, Carol Moseley-Braun, and Max 
           Cleland.


                            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 amendment No. 1646 to S. 1663, a bill to protect 
individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used 
for politics by a corporation or labor organization, shall be brought 
to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required under the rule. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 16 Leg.]

                                YEAS--51

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

                                NAYS--48

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

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Harkin
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Santorum). On this vote the ayes are 51, 
the nays are 48. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not 
having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, under the previous order, the Chair directs the clerk to 
read the motion.
  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 S. 1663, the 
     Paycheck Protection Act:
         Trent Lott, Mitch McConnell, Wayne Allard, Paul 
           Coverdell, Robert F. Bennett, Larry E. Craig, Rick 
           Santorum, Michael B. Enzi, Jeff Sessions, Slade Gorton, 
           Chuck Hagel, Don Nickles, Gordon H. Smith, Jesse Helms, 
           Conrad Burns, and Lauch Faircloth.


                            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 S. 1663, a bill to protect individuals from having their 
money involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation or 
labor organization, shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required under the rule. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) is 
necessarily absent.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 45, nays 54, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 17 Leg.]

                                YEAS--45

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Burns
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     DeWine
     Domenici
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Thomas
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--54

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Collins
     Conrad
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     McCain
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thompson
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Harkin
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Roberts). On this vote, the yeas are 45, 
the nays are 54. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not 
having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. NICKLES. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. LOTT addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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