[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 195 (Saturday, December 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2012

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                 CORRECTING THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3672

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the 
conference report is temporarily set aside, and the Senate will proceed 
to the consideration of H.R. 3672 and H. Con. Res. 94, en bloc, which 
the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       H. Con. Res. 94, a concurrent resolution directing the 
     Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in 
     the enrollment of H.R. 3672.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, is there any time remaining?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 2 minutes equally divided.
  Mr. REID. I yield back on this side.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Who yields time?
  Mr. McCONNELL. I yield back.
  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on passage of the bill.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 72, nays 27, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 233 Leg.]

                                YEAS--72

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coons
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inouye
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Manchin
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Vitter
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--27

     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Kyl
     Lee
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Portman
     Risch
     Thune
     Toomey

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Paul
       
  The bill (H.R. 3672) was passed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate prior to a 
vote on H. Con. Res. 94.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator 
from Louisiana be given 2 minutes, and the same on the other side.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Louisiana.
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I will be as brief as I can, but I ask 
the Members to reject the House resolution that is before us. I ask 
Republicans and Democrats to reject the amendment that is before us. It 
is unnecessary and it violates the Budget Control Act.
  We just had a very strong vote--72 Members voted to fund relief for 
victims of disaster as we struggle to rebuild communities from Vermont 
to Missouri to the west coast that have been devastated by 
unprecedented disasters. The weather service just indicated that we had 
over 12 disasters this year of over $1 billion each.
  Defeat the resolution. It violates the Budget Act, and it sets a 
disruptive and dangerous precedent for forcing us to fund disasters in 
the years they occur. It will cut education, transportation, and 
discretionary programs unnecessarily and in violation of the Budget 
Control Act.
  I thank the Members. Please vote no.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
  Who yields time?
  Is there no time in opposition?
  Ms. LANDRIEU. Waive and vote. Vote?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
  The question is on agreeing to the concurrent resolution.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 43, nays 56, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 234 Leg.]

                                YEAS--43

     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Graham
     Grassley
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Kyl
     Lee
     Lugar
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Nelson (NE)
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                                NAYS--56

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coons
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Inouye
     Johnson (SD)
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Manchin
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Paul
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 43, the nays are 56. 
Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the 
amendment, the amendment is rejected.

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