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[Congressional Record: September 28, 2000 (Senate)]
[Page S9440]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr28se00-116]
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Cloture Motion
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, pursuant to rule
XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion,
which the clerk will report.
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
first-degree amendment (No. 4177) to Calendar No. 490, S.
2045, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act
with respect to H-1B non-immigrant aliens:
Trent Lott, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Judd Gregg, Wayne
Allard, Conrad Burns, Craig Thomas, Rick Santorum, Thad
Cochran, Bob Smith of New Hampshire, Spencer Abraham,
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Connie Mack, George Voinovich,
Larry Craig, James Inhofe, and Jeff Sessions.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate
that debate on amendment No. 4177 to S. 2045, a bill to amend the
Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B non-immigrant
aliens, 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 Arizona (Mr. McCain)
and the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas) are necessarily absent.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), and the
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.
I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from
Washington (Mrs. Murray) would vote ``aye.''
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 92, nays 3, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 260 Leg.]
YEAS--92
Abraham
Akaka
Allard
Ashcroft
Baucus
Bayh
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Bond
Boxer
Breaux
Brownback
Bryan
Bunning
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Chafee, L.
Cleland
Cochran
Collins
Conrad
Craig
Crapo
Daschle
DeWine
Dodd
Domenici
Dorgan
Durbin
Edwards
Enzi
Feingold
Fitzgerald
Frist
Gorton
Graham
Gramm
Grams
Grassley
Gregg
Hagel
Harkin
Hatch
Helms
Hutchinson
Hutchison
Inhofe
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnson
Kennedy
Kerrey
Kerry
Kohl
Kyl
Landrieu
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lincoln
Lott
Lugar
Mack
McConnell
Mikulski
Miller
Moynihan
Murkowski
Nickles
Reid
Robb
Roberts
Rockefeller
Roth
Santorum
Sarbanes
Schumer
Sessions
Shelby
Smith (NH)
Smith (OR)
Snowe
Specter
Stevens
Thompson
Thurmond
Torricelli
Voinovich
Warner
Wyden
NAYS--3
Hollings
Reed
Wellstone
NOT VOTING--5
Feinstein
Lieberman
McCain
Murray
Thomas
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 92, the nays are 3.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the
affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, may I ask about the order and the
unanimous consent that is pending?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator now has 20 minutes.
Mr. MURKOWSKI. I thank the Chair.
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