[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 162 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8668-S8669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
JAMES ZADROGA 9/11 HEALTH AND COMPENSATION ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to the provisions of Rule XXII, the
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clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture.
The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
Cloture Motion
We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to
proceed to Calendar No. 641, H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11
Health and Compensation Act of 2010:
Harry Reid, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer,
Robert P. Casey, Jr., Patty Murray, Al Franken, Jeff
Bingaman, Benjamin L. Cardin, Joe Manchin III, Daniel
K. Inouye, Michael F. Bennet, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert
Menendez, Barbara Boxer, Frank R. Lautenberg,
Christopher J. Dodd, Richard J. Durbin.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call is waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the
motion to proceed to H.R. 847, a bill to amend the Public Health
Service Act to extend and improve protections and services to
individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City
on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes, shall be brought to a
close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call
the roll.
The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Kansas (Mr. Brownback).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 57, nays 42, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 269 Leg.]
YEAS--57
Akaka
Baucus
Bayh
Begich
Bennet
Bingaman
Boxer
Brown (OH)
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Conrad
Coons
Dodd
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Hagan
Harkin
Inouye
Johnson
Kerry
Klobuchar
Kohl
Landrieu
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
Lincoln
Manchin
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murray
Nelson (NE)
Nelson (FL)
Pryor
Reed
Rockefeller
Sanders
Schumer
Shaheen
Specter
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Warner
Webb
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS--42
Alexander
Barrasso
Bennett
Bond
Brown (MA)
Bunning
Burr
Chambliss
Coburn
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
DeMint
Ensign
Enzi
Graham
Grassley
Gregg
Hatch
Hutchison
Inhofe
Isakson
Johanns
Kirk
Kyl
LeMieux
Lugar
McCain
McConnell
Murkowski
Reid
Risch
Roberts
Sessions
Shelby
Snowe
Thune
Vitter
Voinovich
Wicker
NOT VOTING--1
Brownback
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are
42. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The majority leader.
Mr. REID. Madam President, I enter a motion to reconsider the vote by
which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R. 847.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is entered.
Mr. REID. Madam President, for the benefit of Senators, I have had a
number of discussions with the Republican leader, and we hope we can
very quickly lay down the tax bill.
Mr. McCONNELL. Would my friend yield?
Mr. REID. Yes, I will yield.
Mr. McCONNELL. It is my understanding that it is complete and ready
and, actually, we could move to that very soon--within the next hour or
so.
Mr. REID. Madam President, the chairman of the Armed Services
Committee gave a speech on the Senate floor. I have such admiration and
respect for Senator Levin. He does such a wonderful job protecting
America in so many different ways, not only as chairman of that
important Armed Services Committee but on the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations and all the other things he does. But he gave a speech
today saying that if we don't get on the Defense bill today, we will
not get it done this year.
So in the next little bit I am going to make a decision whether I am
going to reconsider the vote on that bill, and I want everyone to know
that is what I am going to do. I have a longer presentation I have
worked on to make that presentation, but before getting into a lot of
detail on this, I just want to say I appreciate everyone's help on
this--Senator Levin, Senator Lieberman, Senator Collins,--those who
have worked with me in trying to see some way to get this completed.
But I will make that decision in the next little bit.
So having said that, we will have more information later as to what
the rest of the week holds as far as votes. If we are able to lay down
the tax bill early today--and, of course, I have had a number of
requests. Some people want something in it; some people want something
out of it. But that notwithstanding, one of the most important things
we need to do, as I have been told, is we have to make sure people
don't think they are jammed--a word I just picked up from Senator Kyl--
on this legislation. We have to make sure people have the opportunity
to read it.
That being the case, I will confer with my friend, the Republican
leader, to find out what that means.
But let's assume we brought this to the floor and immediately filed
cloture on it. That would mean a Saturday cloture vote. We will see
what we can do to make sure people believe they have had an opportunity
to look at the legislation and to make a considered decision on what
should be done with their vote on this very important piece of
legislation. So as far as future votes--stay tuned.
I heard one of my colleagues say over here, we are in a normal
situation in the Senate--a state of flux.
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