[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 178 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13830-S13831]
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     PROVIDING FOR SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I now call up H. Con. Res. 295, the 
adjournment resolution. I ask that the Senate vote on adoption of the 
concurrent resolution, with no intervention action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 295) providing for 
     the sine die adjournment of the first session of the One 
     Hundred Seventh Congress.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the concurrent resolution.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  Mr. REID, I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Akaka) is 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. NICKLES, I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Helms), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Ensign), and the Senator from 
Kansas (Mr. Roberts) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Miller). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 40, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 379 Leg.]

                              YEAS --- 56

     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bunning
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Carnahan
     Carper
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Cochran
     Corzine
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Fitzgerald
     Graham
     Gramm
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     McCain
     Mikulski
     Miller
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Torricelli
     Wellstone
     Wyden

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                              NAYS --- 40

     Allard
     Allen
     Bayh
     Bond
     Brownback
     Burns
     Campbell
     Clinton
     Collins
     Conrad
     Craig
     Crapo
     Dayton
     DeWine
     Domenici
     Enzi
     Frist
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kyl
     Lott
     Lugar
     McConnell
     Nickles
     Santorum
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Voinovich
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Akaka
     Ensign
     Helms
     Roberts
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 295) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 295

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative 
     day of Thursday, December 20, 2001, or Friday, December 21, 
     2001, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     adjourned sine die, or until Members are notified to 
     reassemble pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
     resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate 
     adjourns at the close of business on Thursday, December 20, 
     2001, or Friday, December 21, 2001, on a motion offered 
     pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
     or his designee, it stand adjourned sine die, or until 
     Members are notified to reassemble pursuant to section 2 of 
     this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the 
     Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate, 
     respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they 
     may designate whenever, in their opinion, the public interest 
     shall warrant it.

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, it was my hope that we could go 
immediately to the final vote on the conference report on the Defense 
appropriations bill. I make that recommendation. I suggest the absence 
of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the 
quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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