Trent Lott: “On this, it does compare cloture motions between the 103d and 104th Congress. The number of legislative items having…”

“On this, it does compare cloture motions between the 103d and 104th Congress. The number of legislative items having cloture filed against them in the 103d, 20, and 104th, 28. Of those cloture motions, the number filed on the same day as a legislative item is first laid before the Senate or motion to proceed is made, 12 in the 103d, and 15 in the 104th. When I actually got a comparison here of first-day filings by the Republican majority, I find it is 54 percent of their cloture motions on the first day a measure was considered, the Democratic majority filed 60 percent of their cloture motions on the first day. So maybe we all need to do a little work on that. But our record is not any worse--in fact, it is better--than the one we found from the previous Congress when I believe Democrats were in charge.”