Vote 289

Question: On the Cloture Motion
Category: Cloture
Vote description: motion to invoke cloture on motion to proceed to conf.rpt. on h.r.111; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998
Vote type: 3/5 (Help)
A three-fifths majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage. Used in the Senate.
Result: Agreed to, 93-2, with 5 not voting.
Date/time: October 31, 1997, 11:37 a.m.
Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
Democrat majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

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