[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 165 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S14015]
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  DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 2005--CONFERENCE REPORT--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent to now proceed to the 
consideration of the conference report to S. 1932, the omnibus deficit 
reduction bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. CONRAD. Objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. FRIST. I now move to proceed to consideration of the conference 
report.
  Mr. CONRAD. 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 motion.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Arizona 
(Mr. McCain).
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), 
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Corzine), and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 9, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 361 Leg.]

                                YEAS--86

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Allen
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burns
     Byrd
     Carper
     Chafee
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     Dayton
     DeMint
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Frist
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Hatch
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lott
     Lugar
     Martinez
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Salazar
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Talent
     Thomas
     Thune
     Vitter
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wyden

                                NAYS--9

     Cantwell
     Clinton
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Harkin
     Jeffords
     Murray
     Obama
     Snowe

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Biden
     Burr
     Corzine
     Dodd
     McCain
  The motion was agreed to.

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