Date: September 9, 1998
Subject: National Missile Defense
Description: Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the motion to proceed to the bill that would make it U.S. policy to implement a national missile defense shield. The measure would not establish a specific time frame, but would declare a national policy to deploy a system to protect U.S. territory from a limited number of incoming missiles "as soon as is technologically possible".
Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 59-41
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