[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5465-S5466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EXPLANATION OF VOTE

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following 
brief statements be printed at the appropriate places in the permanent 
Record of May 14 immediately following Votes 118 and 119, respectively:
  Mr. President, I was absent from the Senate today in order to be a 
pallbearer at a funeral in Tahlequah, Okla. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``no'' on the Hatch-Craig amendment. This position is 
consistent with my vote to table the same amendment on May 13. The 
tabling motion failed 3-97, thus leading to the today. I believe my 
presence would not have changed the outcome since determined efforts 
were

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being made to switch just enough votes to assure the amendment's 
passage.
  Mr. President, I was absent from the Senate today in order to be a 
pallbearer at a funeral in Tahlequah, Okla. Had I been present, I would 
have voted ``yes'' on the vote to table the Shumer amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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