[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7579-S7580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING APPROPRIATIONS, 2000--MOTION TO 
                                PROCEED


                             cloture motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to S. 1234, the 
foreign operations bill, and I send a cloture motion to the desk on 
that bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 159, S. 1234, the Foreign Operations 
     appropriations bill.

         Senators Trent Lott, Ted Stevens, Fred Thompson, Richard 
           G. Lugar, Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Thad 
           Cochran, Mike DeWine, Conrad Burns, Pete Domenici, 
           Christopher Bond, Slade Gorton, John Ashcroft, George 
           V. Voinovich, Frank H. Murkowski, and Paul Coverdell.
  Mr. LOTT. I now withdraw the motion to proceed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                            call of the roll

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, with all of that in mind, I had no other 
alternative but to file these cloture motions to show the American 
people just how

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the funding for our Government agencies is being held up, and not the 
least of which, of course, is the Department of Agriculture bill. But 
under rule XXII, these votes will occur in a stacked sequence on 
Monday, unless changed by consent. And I ask unanimous consent that 
these cloture votes occur beginning at 5:30 on Monday, and that in each 
case the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. So those four cloture votes will occur in sequence 
beginning at 5:30 on Monday.

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