[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 47 (Thursday, April 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2673-S2674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF ACT OF 2000--Resumed

  Pending:

       Lott (for Roth) amendment No. 3090, in the nature of a 
     substitute.


                             Cloture Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Chair lays 
before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will 
state.
  The bill 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 pending 
     amendment (No. 3090) to the marriage tax penalty bill:
         Trent Lott, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Judd Gregg, Tim 
           Hutchinson, Rick Santorum, Connie Mack, Michael B. 
           Enzi, Craig Thomas, Robert F. Bennett, Chuck Grassley, 
           Jim Bunning, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Ben Nighthorse 
           Campbell, Wayne Allard, Jeff Sessions, and Bill Roth.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the quorum call under 
the rule has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on 
amendment No. 3090 to H.R. 6, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to reduce the marriage tax penalty by providing for adjustments 
to the standard deduction, 15-percent rate bracket, and earned-income 
credit, and to repeal the reduction of the refundable tax credits, 
shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are required under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Roth) is 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan) is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 82 Leg.]

                                YEAS--53

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee, L.
     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
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     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
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Moynihan
     Roth
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 
45. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

[[Page S2674]]

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the next 
votes in the series be limited to 10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                             Cloture Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Chair lays 
before the Senate the pending cloture motion which the clerk will 
report.
  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 marriage tax 
     penalty bill:
         Trent Lott, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Judd Gregg, Tim 
           Hutchinson, Rick Santorum, Connie Mack, Michael B. 
           Enzi, Craig Thomas, Robert F. Bennett, Chuck Grassley, 
           Jim Bunning, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Ben Nighthorse 
           Campbell, Wayne Allard, Jeff Sessions, and Bill Roth.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Parliamentary inquiry: What is the next vote?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The next vote is on the cloture motion on the 
bill.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: If a cloture vote 
is invoked on this bill, would the pending amendment offered by the 
majority leader fall because it is not germane?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. It would.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I will vote ``no'' on this cloture in 
order to protect the majority leader's right to offer his amendment as 
well as to protect our rights to offer our amendments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on H.R. 6, 
an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the 
marriage penalty by providing for adjustments to the standard 
deduction, 15-percent rate bracket, and earned income credit and to 
repeal the reduction of the refundable tax credits, 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. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Roth) is 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from New York (Mr. Moynihan) is 
necessarily absent.--
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 83 Leg.]

                                YEAS--53

     Abraham
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee, L.
     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
     Santorum
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     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
     Murray
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Moynihan
     Roth
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 
45. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.

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