[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 48 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2099-S2100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
         AND A CONDITIONAL RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now call up the adjournment resolution and 
ask for the yeas and nays on adoption of the concurrent resolution.
  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. 257) providing for a 
     conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a 
     conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, very briefly prior to the vote, Senator 
Coburn and other Republicans will be here tonight and tomorrow to 
discuss the importance of passing the unemployment insurance package, 
but also the importance of paying for it. So we will be here and 
engaged in a vigorous discussion about the appropriateness of the 
measure as well as about the importance of paying for it.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask, has this matter been seconded?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the resolution.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), and 
the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 39, as follows:

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                      [Rollcall Vote No. 108 Leg.]

                                YEAS--49

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Begich
     Bingaman
     Brown (OH)
     Burris
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Conrad
     Dodd
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Inouye
     Johnson
     Kaufman
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     McCaskill
     Mikulski
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse

                                NAYS--39

     Barrasso
     Bennet
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown (MA)
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Cornyn
     DeMint
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Inhofe
     Johanns
     Kyl
     LeMieux
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Risch
     Roberts
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Thune
     Vitter
     Voinovich
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Alexander
     Boxer
     Byrd
     Crapo
     Dorgan
     Hutchison
     Isakson
     Kerry
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Rockefeller
     Wicker
  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 257) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 257

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That when the House adjourns on any legislative 
     day from Wednesday, March 24, 2010, through Monday, March 29, 
     2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
     resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
     adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 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 Thursday, 
     March 25, 2010, through Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 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, April 12, 2010, 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. COBURN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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