Congressional Record, Volume 156 Issue 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)

[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S933-S934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

SIGNATURE AUTHORIZATION

Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the majority
leader be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions
during today's session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Senator from California.
Mrs. BOXER. How much time remains?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 55 seconds remaining.
Mrs. BOXER. I want to say, on behalf of many of us on this side of
the aisle, how glad we are that Senator Bunning has changed his mind
and taken the option he was presented with on Thursday; that is, to
offer an amendment and then for us to get this done. Too much pain is
out there with the unemployed. A lot of workers in my State and in
States all across this Nation who are unemployed suffered a great deal
of anxiety over this long weekend.
Mr. President, 2,000 Department of Transportation inspectors were
furloughed. That led to stoppage of work on bridge and highway
construction in 17 States, because Senator Bunning didn't take the deal
he is taking now. I am glad he is taking it.
I raise a point of order that the pending Bunning amendment violates
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act.
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I am sorry. I wasn't on the floor. Could
the Senator make her point of order.
Mrs. BOXER. I raise a point of order that the pending Bunning
amendment violates section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky.
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I move to waive the applicable section of
the Budget Act, and 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 legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily
absent.
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 43, nays 53, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 31 Leg.]

YEAS--43

Alexander
Barrasso
Bennett
Bond
Brown (MA)
Brownback
Bunning
Burr
Chambliss
Coburn
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
DeMint
Ensign
Enzi
Feingold
Graham
Grassley
Gregg
Hatch
Isakson
Johanns
Kyl
LeMieux
Lieberman
Lincoln
Lugar
McCain
McConnell
Murkowski
Nelson (NE)
Risch
Roberts
Sessions
Shelby
Snowe
Thune
Vitter
Voinovich
Wicker

NAYS--53

Akaka
Baucus
Bayh
Begich
Bennet
Bingaman
Boxer
Brown (OH)
Burris
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Conrad
Dodd
Dorgan
Durbin
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Hagan
Harkin
Inouye
Johnson
Kaufman
Kerry
Klobuchar
Kohl
Landrieu
Leahy
Levin
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murray
Nelson (FL)
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Rockefeller
Sanders
Schumer
Shaheen
Specter
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Warner
Webb
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--4

Byrd
Hutchison
Inhofe
Lautenberg
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 43, the nays are
53. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There is a sufficient second.
The question is on the passage of the bill.
The clerk will call the roll.
The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd)
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily
absent.
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mrs. Hagan). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 19, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 32 Leg.]

YEAS--78

Akaka
Baucus
Bayh
Begich
Bennet
Bingaman
Bond
Boxer
Brown (MA)

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Brown (OH)
Brownback
Burris
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Chambliss
Cochran
Collins
Conrad
Dodd
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hagan
Harkin
Inhofe
Inouye
Isakson
Johnson
Kaufman
Kerry
Klobuchar
Kohl
Kyl
Landrieu
Leahy
LeMieux
Levin
Lieberman
Lincoln
Lugar
McCain
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murray
Nelson (NE)
Nelson (FL)
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Roberts
Rockefeller
Sanders
Schumer
Shaheen
Shelby
Snowe
Specter
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Vitter
Voinovich
Warner
Webb
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden

NAYS--19

Alexander
Barrasso
Bennett
Bunning
Burr
Coburn
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
DeMint
Ensign
Enzi
Gregg
Hatch
Johanns
McConnell
Risch
Sessions
Thune

NOT VOTING--3

Byrd
Hutchison
Lautenberg
The bill (H.R. 4691) was passed.
Mr. DURBIN. Madam 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.

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