Date: 1987-07-15
Result:
54-44
Vote Subject Matter:
Miscellaneous Policy
/ Internal Organization
Sponsor: BYRD, Robert Carlyle (D-WV)
Bill number: S1420
Description: TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON THE BUMPERS, AR AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN 89 DAY PERIOD FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL TO "REFLAG" KUWAITI OIL TANKERS IN WHICH NO U.S. FUNDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT PURPOSE. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
Original source documents:
Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 133, p. 9937;
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