[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20790]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         EXPLANATION OF ABSENCE

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, on Friday, July 16, 1999, I was necessarily 
absent during Senate action on rollcall vote No. 211, a motion to 
invoke cloture on Amendment No. 297, a Lott amendment in the nature of 
a substitute to S. 557, an original bill to provide guidance for the 
designation of emergencies as a part of the budget process.
  Had I been present for the vote, I would have voted against cloture.

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