[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 86 (Friday, June 30, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6296-S6297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       MOTION TO PROCEED--H.R. 8


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, in light of the objections--and I do 
object--I now move to proceed to H.R. 8 and send a cloture motion to 
the desk.
  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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 608, H.R. 8, a bill to amend the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and 
     gift taxes over a 10-year period:
         Trent Lott, Bill Roth, Charles Grassley, Larry E. Craig, 
           Chuck Hagel, Jeff Sessions, Pete Domenici, Strom 
           Thurmond, Jon Kyl, Thad Cochran, Jim Bunning, Craig 
           Thomas, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Susan M. Collins, Don 
           Nickles, and Wayne Allard.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this cloture vote will occur on Tuesday, 
July 11. I will notify all Members as to the time of the vote. In the 
meantime, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 
XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I would say 
there is a strong possibility we may not need a vote on this motion to 
proceed.
  Mr. LOTT. If I may respond, I hope we can work through that. I 
thought maybe that would be the case. I want to say, again, I am still 
hoping we can come to an agreement to have some limited number of 
amendments that would be offered. Then we would be able to vitiate this 
whole thing.
  In view of the time in July, I felt I needed to go ahead and get the 
process moving. And we still would have that option right up until 
Tuesday when we come back.

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  Mr. REID. Under my reservation, Mr. President, I also say we have 
worked very closely with Senator Baucus and Senator Moynihan in trying 
to come up with an alternative, and some other matters that we believe 
should be brought up with this piece of legislation.
  For example, in 1992, under a tax bill that came before the Senate, 
we, on the 25th, started considering that. We had 105 amendments, and a 
day and a half later it was all done. That legislation was totally 
passed. We had a number of amendments that were even offered by our 
majority leader on that important legislation. There was a wide range 
of amendments offered dealing with dental schools, tractors, and all 
kinds of things.
  So we can work out a way through this. I think the proposal by the 
minority that we take up six amendments, with time limits, is something 
the majority leader should take another look at.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I now withdraw the motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn.

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