[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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