[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6312-6313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PREGNANCY AND TRAUMA CARE ACCESS PROTECTION ACT OF 2004--MOTION TO 
                                PROCEED

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to 
be determined by the majority leader, after consultation with the 
Democratic leader, the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar 
No. 462, S. 2207, the Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act 
of 2004.
  Mr. REID. I object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, with that objection, I now move to proceed 
to the consideration of S. 2207, and I will send a cloture motion to 
the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been 
presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the 
motion.
  The assistant journal 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 debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 462, S. 2207, a bill to improve 
     women's access to health care services, and the access of all 
     individuals to emergency and trauma care services, by 
     reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on 
     the delivery of such service.
         Bill Frist, Orrin Hatch, Judd Gregg, John Ensign, Lamar 
           Alexander, Peter Fitzgerald, Larry Craig, John Cornyn, 
           Robert Bennett, Mike Enzi, Mitch McConnell, Ted 
           Stevens, Norm Coleman, James Inhofe, Kay Bailey 
           Hutchison, George Voinovich, Charles Grassley.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President I now ask unanimous consent that the live 
quorum under rule XXII be waived, and further that notwithstanding rule 
XXII the vote on the motion to invoke cloture occur at 2:15 on 
Wednesday, April 7.
  Mr. REID. I object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I now withdraw my motion.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The motion is withdrawn.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, over the course of the morning, we will be 
continuing our discussions on how best to proceed with the JOBS bill, 
the manufacturing tax bill on which we spent part of last week and this 
week. Those discussions will continue, and we will be addressing that 
issue, I hope, in the next week. Medical liability we will be 
addressing next week.
  Discussions continue to go on with regard to the budget, which is in 
conference. Those conferees were mentioned on the floor of the Senate. 
We passed the budget under Senator Nickles' leadership. It was the 
earliest budget ever passed in this particular body. It is now in 
conference. I look forward to the product of those conferees at some 
appropriate time.
  As my colleagues know, we have, under the regular order, 10 hours of 
debate on that before we will be voting on the budget itself.
  Next week, we will be voting--and I will talk about this later--on 
Wednesday and Thursday. This will allow appropriate observance for 
Passover in preparation for the recess, which will be the following 
week.
  I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant journal clerk proceeded to call the roll.

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  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The distinguished Senator from Michigan.
  Mr. LEVIN. I thank the Chair.

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