[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 129 (Thursday, July 31, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S7880]
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 CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 
                               THE SENATE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to H. Con. Res. 398, a conditional adjournment resolution, and 
that the Senate vote immediately on adoption of H. Con. Res. 398; that 
if the adjournment resolution is agreed to, then it be in order for the 
Senate to convene for pro forma sessions on the following days: 
Tuesday, August 5; Friday, August 8; Tuesday, August 12; Friday, August 
15; Tuesday, August 19; Friday, August 22; Tuesday, August 26; Friday, 
August 29; Tuesday, September 2; and Friday, September 5; that at the 
close of each pro forma session, the Senate would stand in recess, 
except for the pro forma session of Friday, September 5, at which time 
the Senate would adjourn; and that no business be conducted during the 
pro forma sessions.
  Mr. President, I also note to all Members, we will likely have a late 
vote on the day we get back at 5:30--a 5:30 vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 398) providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the concurrent 
resolution.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), 
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) are 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Missouri (Mr. Bond), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Bunning), the 
Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Coleman), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. 
Domenici), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Hagel), the Senator from 
Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), and the 
Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. 
Bunning) would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 40, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 196 Leg.]

                                YEAS--48

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Conrad
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Harkin
     Inouye
     Johnson
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lugar
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Nelson (NE)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Salazar
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--40

     Alexander
     Allard
     Barrasso
     Bennett
     Brownback
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Dole
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Isakson
     Kyl
     Martinez
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Roberts
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Sununu
     Thune
     Vitter
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Bond
     Bunning
     Clinton
     Coleman
     Domenici
     Hagel
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kennedy
     Klobuchar
     McCain
     Obama
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 398) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 398

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative 
     day of Thursday, July 31, 2008, Friday, August 1, 2008, or 
     Saturday, August 2, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to 
     this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his 
     designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, 
     September 8, 2008, or until the time of any reassembly 
     pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, 
     whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate recesses or 
     adjourns on any day from Friday, August 1, 2008, through 
     Friday, September 5, 2008, on a motion offered pursuant to 
     this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his 
     designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on 
     Monday, September 8, 2008, or such other time on that day as 
     may be specified in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until 
     the time of any reassembly 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, or their respective designees, 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 if, in their 
     opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to 
lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa is recognized.

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