[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 61 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4883-S4884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          UNIVERSAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 370, 
S. 1415, and send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will 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 the motion to 
     proceed to calendar No. 370, S. 1415, regarding tobacco 
     reform:
         Trent Lott, John McCain, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, James 
           Inhofe, Christopher Bond, Gordon Smith, Robert Bennett, 
           Harry Reid, Ted Stevens, Richard Shelby, Mike DeWine, 
           Susan Collins, Slade Gorton, Jay Rockefeller, John 
           Kerry, Christopher Dodd.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I want to announce, for the information of 
all Senators, that the vote will occur on this cloture motion Monday, 
May 18, at a time to be determined by the majority leader after 
consultation with the Democratic leader, and the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived.
  It is anticipated this vote will occur at 5:30 Monday afternoon. We 
have, in the past, over the past month, tried to make Senators aware of 
Mondays and Fridays, that we would not be having votes. This Friday we 
will not be having any votes. We notified the Members of that, I think 
at least 3 weeks ago. But we have been saying all along on Monday, the 
18th, they should expect a vote. But we will try to have it late in the 
afternoon, so we could conduct some business during the morning and 
afternoon, so Senators will have time to get back here from their 
respective States. We do expect that vote probably around 5:30, but we 
want to check with all the Senators to see if that is the best possible 
time. We may need to move it a little bit one way or the other.

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  Mr. LOTT. I now withdraw the motion I made.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn.

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