[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 69 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3155-S3158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       EXPORT-IMPORT BANK REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2012--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington is recognized.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, we yield back all time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back.
  Under the previous order, the question is on agreeing to amendment 
No. 2100.
  Mr. LEE. 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 assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 12, nays 86, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 91 Leg.]

                                YEAS--12

     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Kyl
     Lee
     McCain
     Paul
     Risch
     Rubio
     Vitter

                                NAYS--86

     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
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Manchin
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes 
for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.


                           Amendment No. 2101

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 
minutes of debate, equally divided, prior to a vote in relation to 
amendment No. 2101 to be offered by the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. 
Paul.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2101.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.

[[Page S3156]]

  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. Paul] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2101.

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 
   providing financing to a person or for a project in a country the 
   government or central bank of which holds debt instruments of the 
                             United States)

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FINANCING BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 
                   OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PERSONS OR PROJECTS IN 
                   COUNTRIES THAT HOLD DEBT INSTRUMENTS OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et seq.), the 
     Export-Import Bank of the United States may not provide any 
     guarantee, insurance, or extension of credit (or participate 
     in the extension of credit) to a person or with respect to a 
     project in a country the government or central bank of which 
     holds debt instruments of the United States.
       (b) Debt Instruments of the United States Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``debt instruments of the United States'' 
     means bills, notes, and bonds issued or guaranteed by the 
     United States or by an entity of the United States 
     Government.

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, first, we borrow billions of dollars from 
China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Then we loan it back to them again.
  Republicans rightly complain that we are sending taxpayer money to 
the President's major donors at Solyndra and BrightSource. Now 
Republicans need to be consistent and say we are not going to send Ex-
Im loans to even bigger companies that are even more profitable. If it 
is wrong for the government to choose winners and send our money to 
corporations, we should say it is wrong and we should vote against 
this.
  Does anybody remember the President threatening to increase taxes on 
corporate jets? Ex-Im Banks are now going to increase the loans for 
corporate jets tenfold.
  My amendment will stop this charade. My amendment will stop sending 
taxpayer dollars overseas to countries from whom we already are 
borrowing money. It makes no sense, and the time is now to stop it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The Senator from Washington.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, this amendment is simply another attempt 
to gut the Export-Import Bank financing that U.S. manufacturers use to 
increase the sales of their products around the globe.
  The amendment would prohibit U.S. exporters from using the financing 
for any country that owns U.S. debt. So basically we are saying we are 
going to prohibit U.S. manufacturers, who make good products, from 
hoping to sell those to places such as China and others just because of 
the amount of U.S. debt.
  This is about job creation in America for a program that actually 
generates money to our Treasury and helps us pay down the deficit. We 
should be helping all U.S. manufacturers sell all around the globe and 
create jobs at home.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the Paul amendment.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 9, nays 89, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 92 Leg.]

                                YEAS--9

     Coburn
     DeMint
     Hatch
     Lee
     Moran
     Paul
     Risch
     Rubio
     Vitter

                                NAYS--89

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     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
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Roberts
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes 
for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.


                           Amendment No. 2102

  Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided prior to the vote in relation to amendment No. 2102 offered by 
the Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Corker.
  Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, the most important thing this amendment 
does is establish capital in the Ex-Im Bank. Right now the way the Ex-
Im Bank is set up, there is over $1 billion worth of capital against 
$140 billion in loans. That is a leverage ratio of 140 to 1.
  This body spent a tremendous amount of time in a bipartisan way to 
make sure the financial institutions of our country had proper capital 
ratios. This amendment establishes a 10-percent capital reserve for the 
Ex-Im Bank. By their definition these loans are more risky than the 
private sector would make, and that is why the sponsors are trying to 
extend the Ex-Im Bank.
  As a responsible body, the very least we can do is to cause them to 
have the appropriate capital reserved against the loans they are making 
which are more risky by definition than the private sector loans.
  I hope this will receive a strong bipartisan vote. My guess is the 
House will take this almost in unanimous consent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, this amendment would force the Ex-Im 
Bank financing to increase its reserves by nearly 400 percent to 
maintain that 10-percent ratio. Basically we already have a board that 
audits third-party accountants, OMB, and a bank inspector general 
reviewing this. This amendment basically would take away from money 
that actually goes to the Treasury.
  This Ex-Im Bank has generated $3.7 billion for taxpayers since 2005. 
My colleague would rather have that put aside as opposed to helping us 
pay down the deficit. It has a reserve ratio that has worked for 
decades, worked successfully, and I like the fact that it helps us pay 
down the deficit.
  I urge my colleagues to vote no on the Corker amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 
2102.
  Mr. CORKER. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 36, nays 62, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 93 Leg.]

                                YEAS--36

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss

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     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson (WI)
     Kyl
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                                NAYS--62

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

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes 
for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.


                           Amendment No. 2103

  Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 2103, offered by 
the Senator from Louisiana, Mr. Vitter.
  The Senator from Louisiana.
  Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, this amendment is very simple. It simply 
says that if we are going to have the U.S. taxpayer, through the Ex-Im 
Bank, finance and guarantee and loan money to traditional energy 
projects around the world, maybe we should have the same policy and the 
same help for U.S. projects producing U.S. energy here at home. That 
is, pure and simple, what it is all about. This is not a theoretical 
concern. A year ago President Obama traveled to Brazil to praise the 
development of their offshore industry, to give them U.S. taxpayer help 
through the Ex-Im Bank. But policies in this country were doing exactly 
the opposite--hurting U.S. activity to produce U.S. energy, to produce 
U.S. jobs.
  If you want to create that reasonable, fair playing field to promote 
U.S. jobs here at home too, please support this amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, the Senator from Louisiana has 
the right intentions, but this amendment would truly be a vote against 
U.S. jobs and manufacturing. It would wrongly target renewable energy 
manufacturing, and it would threaten millions of dollars in the export 
of U.S.-made products at a time when we should be seeking to expand 
these markets overseas.
  If you look particularly at the wind industry, it is already 
suffering because we have not had the courage, frankly, to extend the 
production tax credit for wind, and it has bipartisan support; that is, 
the extension of the wind production tax credit. So we have to pass 
that production tax credit immediately. But in the meantime, let's not 
create a double whammy and pass the Vitter amendment because that would 
damage our opportunity to export renewable energy projects and 
services. Without question, that sector is expanding dramatically. It 
is the source of a lot of jobs in my State and I think in every State 
in the Nation.
  Let's expand our markets. Let's export. Let's not limit that 
possibility. The Vitter amendment would do just that, so I urge all of 
you to vote against the Vitter amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2103.
  Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 37, nays 61, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 94 Leg.]

                                YEAS--37

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kyl
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                                NAYS--61

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

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes 
for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.


                           Amendment No. 2104

  Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 2104, offered by 
the Senator from Pennsylvania, Mr. Toomey.
  Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, there are two things we know about 
reauthorizing the Ex-Im Bank. We know our taxpayers are subject to a 
risk for which they are not fairly compensated in the sense that Ex-Im 
necessarily systematically underprices the risk. That is precisely why 
a borrower goes to them.
  We also know it is unfair to a domestic competitor that cannot obtain 
the financing at the same rate that a foreign company can. We are told 
we should do this anyway because everyone else does it, because all of 
our competitors around the world subsidize their exports.
  So I would suggest the logical conclusion is we should work to phase 
out export subsidies all around the world. That is what this amendment 
does. It reauthorizes Ex-Im. It lifts the limit of the borrowing cap. 
But it makes it contingent on the administration beginning a process of 
negotiating a phaseout of export subsidies. It makes the second 
increase in the lending cap contingent on an actual agreement that 
will, over time, get us all out of the business of risking taxpayer 
dollars in export subsidies.
  I think this is a sensible way. It will allow an adjustment to take 
place for those who are dependent on this bank, but it will get 
taxpayers off the hook in time.
  So I urge support.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I think this is a nonsensical 
provision. It says the bank can only make loans--can make more loans if 
there is an international agreement to terminate the bank.
  I know in Pennsylvania, Wallquest finished 2010 with export sales 
over $17 million, a 61-percent increase because it obtained Ex-Im 
financing. During the first 2 years, its workforce grew from 80 to 150. 
Now I know that may not be a big story, but it is the story of the Ex-
Im Bank.
  So capping it and saying we are not going to give any more money for 
more loans until we negotiate an end to the bank, I think, is the wrong 
way to go. I urge my colleagues to defeat the Toomey amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Toomey 
amendment.
  Mr. TOOMEY. Madam 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 assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

[[Page S3158]]

  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 35, nays 63, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 95 Leg.]

                                YEAS--35

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johnson (WI)
     Kyl
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                                NAYS--63

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

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes 
for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.
  Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally 
divided prior to a vote on passage of the bill before us.
  The Senator from South Dakota.
  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Madam President, I urge all Senators to 
support final passage of the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act. 
Passing this bill today will make sure American exporters will not be 
put at a disadvantage to their foreign competitors, that nearly 300,000 
American jobs will not be put at risk, and that the Ex-Im Bank will 
continue to return hundreds of millions of dollars to the Treasury.
  I want to thank many of my colleagues for their leadership on this 
issue, including Ranking Member Shelby, Senator Warner, Senator 
Cantwell, and Majority Leader Reid.
  I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize my staff for 
their hard work and important contributions to building bipartisan 
support for the reauthorization of the Ex-Im Bank.
  In particular, I want to say a special thanks to Patrick Grant, Colin 
McGinnis, Adam Healy, Lev Bagramian, and Charles Yi, who did 
exceptional work in the Banking Committee to help us get to this point 
today.
  I am also pleased this bill, which passed out of the Banking 
Committee with unanimous bipartisan support, served as the framework 
for the House bill before us today. Once again, I strongly urge a 
``yes'' vote on this important jobs legislation.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
  If not, the question is on third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Shall the bill pass?
  Mr. KERRY. 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 bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 78, nays 20, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 96 Leg.]

                                YEAS--78

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

                                NAYS--20

     Barrasso
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Inhofe
     Johnson (WI)
     Kyl
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Paul
     Risch
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Toomey
     Vitter

                             NOT VOTING--2

     Kirk
     Rockefeller
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 60-vote threshold having been achieved, 
the bill is passed.
  The majority leader is recognized.

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