[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 169 (Monday, November 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7151]
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3% WITHHOLDING REPEAL AND JOB CREATION ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 674, which the
clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 674) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on
certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to
modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for
purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-
related programs, and for other purposes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 30
minutes of debate equally divided and controlled between the Senator
from Montana and the Senator from Utah.
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum,
and I ask unanimous consent that the time under the quorum call be
equally charged.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
order for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Manchin.) Without objection, it is so
ordered.
Cloture Motion
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The bill 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,
hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to
proceed to Calendar No. 212, H.R. 674, an act to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3
percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by
government entities, to modify the calculation of modified
adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility
for certain health care related programs, and for other
purposes.
Harry Reid, Christopher A. Coons, Joe Manchin III, Kay R.
Hagan, Dianne Feinstein, Benjamin L. Cardin, Al
Franken, Mark Begich, Mark R. Warner, Jeff Bingaman,
Tom Udall, Amy Klobuchar, Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara A.
Mikulski, Kent Conrad, Michael F. Bennet, Patty Murray.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call is waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that the debate on the
motion to proceed to H.R. 674, an act to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on
certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the
calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of
determining eligibility for certain health care-related programs, 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 bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) is
necessarily absent.
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Utah (Mr. Hatch), and the Senator from Utah ( Mr. Lee), the
Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), and the Senator from South Carolina
(Mr. DeMint).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch)
would have voted ``yea.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 94, nays 1, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 198 Leg.]
YEAS--94
Akaka
Alexander
Ayotte
Barrasso
Baucus
Begich
Bennet
Bingaman
Blumenthal
Blunt
Boozman
Boxer
Brown (MA)
Brown (OH)
Burr
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
Cochran
Collins
Conrad
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
Durbin
Enzi
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hagan
Harkin
Heller
Hoeven
Hutchison
Inhofe
Inouye
Isakson
Johanns
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (WI)
Kerry
Klobuchar
Kohl
Kyl
Landrieu
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
Lugar
Manchin
McCain
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Moran
Murkowski
Murray
Nelson (NE)
Nelson (FL)
Paul
Portman
Reed
Reid
Risch
Roberts
Rubio
Sanders
Schumer
Sessions
Shaheen
Shelby
Snowe
Stabenow
Tester
Thune
Toomey
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Vitter
Warner
Webb
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
NAYS--1
Rockefeller
NOT VOTING--5
DeMint
Hatch
Kirk
Lee
Pryor
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 94, the nays are 1.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the
affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, due to a prior family obligation, I
was unavoidably absent for tonight's vote. I ask the Record show that
had I been present for vote No. 198, I would have voted yea on the
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R.674.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in
morning business.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The remarks of Mr. Alexander pertaining to the introduction of S.
1815 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced
Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I thank the Chair, and I yield the
floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum
be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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