[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23720-23721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   COMPREHENSIVE RETIREMENT SECURITY AND PENSION REFORM ACT OF 2001--
                                Resumed

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 10) to provide for pension reform, and for 
     other purposes.

  Pending:

       Daschle (for Hatch/Baucus) amendment No. 2170, in the 
     nature of a substitute.
       Lott/Murkowski/Brownback amendment No. 2171 (to amendment 
     No. 2170), to enhance energy conservation, research and 
     development, and to provide for security and diversity in the 
     energy supply for the American people.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will 
report the motion to invoke cloture.
  The assistant 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 pending Lott 
     amendment:
         Trent Lott, Frank H. Murkowski, R.F. Bennett, Phil Gramm, 
           Sam Brownback, Don Nickles, Pat Roberts, Mike Crapo, 
           Larry E. Craig, Jon Kyl, Chuck Grassley, Pete Domenici, 
           Mitch McConnell, Judd Gregg, Conrad Burns, Craig 
           Thomas.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
call has been waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate 
that debate on the Lott amendment 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. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) are 
necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) would each vote ``no.''
  Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Voinovich) is 
necessarily absent.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 1, nays 94, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 344 Leg.]

                                YEAS--1

       
     Allen
       

                                NAYS--94

       
     Akaka
     Allard
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carnahan
     Carper
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Frist
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Harkin
     Kennedy
     Leahy
     Torricelli
     Voinovich
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 1, the nays are 94. 
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is rejected.


                             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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the Daschle for 
     Hatch and Baucus substitute amendment No. 2170 for Calendar 
     No. 69, H.R. 10, an act to provide for pension reform and for 
     other purposes:

       Paul Wellstone, Richard Durbin, Byron Dorgan, Harry Reid, 
     Jon Corzine, Hillary Clinton, Blanche Lincoln, Jack Reed, 
     Jean Carnahan, Mark Dayton, Carl Levin, Tim Johnson, Bill 
     Nelson of Florida, Charles Schumer, Ron Wyden, Debbie 
     Stabenow, Barbara Mikulski, Tom Daschle.

  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 the 
Daschle for Hatch and Baucus substitute amendment No. 2170 to Calendar 
No. 69, H.R. 10, an act to provide for pension reform and for other 
purposes, 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. REID. I announce that the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy), and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) are 
necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), and 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Torricelli) would each vote ``aye.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Corzine). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 81, nays 15, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 345 Leg.]

                                YEAS--81

     Akaka
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cantwell
     Carnahan
     Carper
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Clinton
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corzine
     Craig
     Crapo
     Daschle
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                                NAYS--15

     Allard
     Bond
     Burns
     Frist
     Gramm
     Gregg
     Helms
     Kyl
     Lott
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Smith (NH)
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Harkin
     Kennedy
     Leahy
     Torricelli
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 81, the nays are 
15. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, in keeping with our understanding of our 
current parliamentary circumstances, I make a point of order that 
amendment No. 2171 is not germane.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is sustained. The amendment 
falls.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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