[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 13, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12504-S12505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY


                   Motion To Resume Executive Session

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now move that the Senate resume executive 
session in order to resume consideration of the Comprehensive Nuclear 
Test-Ban Treaty as provided in the previous unanimous consent, and I 
ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, the Senate is not in order.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent both leaders be 
allowed to use leader time prior to the time we have this vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. LOTT. I object at this time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 
minutes prior to the vote.
  Mr. LOTT. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I note we do 
have some approximately 3 hours of time remaining on the treaty itself. 
We intend to yield back 54 minutes of our time so there will be an 
exact equal amount of time available to both sides. I believe that 
would be the appropriate time to have debate on this treaty, on its 
merits or on how to proceed.
  Therefore, with great respect, I would object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion. The yeas and nays have 
been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 324 Leg.]

                                YEAS--55

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coverdell
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeWine
     Domenici
     Enzi
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Roberts
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Voinovich
     Warner

                                NAYS--45

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Byrd
     Cleland
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Mikulski
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden
  The motion was agreed to.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. ASHCROFT. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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