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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the hour of 6 p.m. having arrived, the clerk will report the cloture motion.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
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. 312, H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act:
Trent Lott, Frank H. Murkowski, Chuck Hagel, Slade Gorton, Pat Roberts, Olympia J. Snowe, Jon Kyl, Tim Hutchinson, Rod Grams, Spencer Abraham, Pete Domenici, Bill Roth, Don Nickles, Thad Cochran, Michael B. Enzi, Charles Grassley.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the quorum call under the rule is waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 1270, an act to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are required under the rules.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) is necessarily absent.
I also announce that the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) is absent because of illness.
Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), and the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Moseley-Braun), are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 39, as follows:
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 39. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. MURKOWSKI addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I just received a statement from the Speaker of the House concerning the last vote we had on the high-level nuclear waste bill. I would like to enter the Speaker's statement on the nuclear waste bill in the Record so that there will not be any confusion as to the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. I ask unanimous consent that this statement be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the statement was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
Washington, DC: House Speaker Newt Gingrich released the following statement on the status of the nuclear waste bill.
`Although I strongly support a legislative resolution to the nuclear waste issue, it is unlikely that such a bill will make it past the President's veto to become law this year. Because of the crowded calendar and the strong opposition of some members, I do not expect to schedule floor action this year.
`Along with his colleague Jim Gibbons, John Ensign has been a forceful and effective voice for the citizens of Nevada in opposing the nuclear waste bill.'--House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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