[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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