Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)

[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6603-S6604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012--Continued

Cloture Motion

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The 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,
hereby move to bring to a close debate on H.J. Res. 117, a
joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal
year 2013, and for other purposes.
Harry Reid, Daniel K. Inouye, Patty Murray, Bernard
Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon
Whitehouse, Debbie Stabenow, Max Baucus, Mark Pryor,
Christopher A. Coons, Jon Tester, Michael F. Bennet,
Kay R. Hagan, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Richard Blumenthal,
Ron Wyden, Barbara Boxer.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes equally divided prior
to a vote on the motion.
The Senator from Hawaii.
Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, this CR funds the government for the next
6 months at a level agreed to by the Budget Control Act. It contains a
minimum of anomalies and allows adequate funding for disaster relief.
This is an inefficient way to fund our Federal Government, but it is
better than shutting it down next week.
I urge a ``yes'' vote.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum
call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on H.J.
Res. 117, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2013, and for

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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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer)
and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), and the Senator
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller)
would have voted: ``yea.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 62, nays 30, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 198 Leg.]

YEAS--62

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

NAYS--30

Ayotte
Barrasso
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
DeMint
Enzi
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Isakson
Johnson (WI)
Lee
Manchin
McCain
Moran
Paul
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rubio
Sessions
Shelby
Snowe
Thune
Toomey

NOT VOTING--8

Boozman
Boxer
Burr
Heller
Inhofe
Kirk
Murray
Vitter
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 62, the nays are
30. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
Under the previous order, the pending amendments are withdrawn.
The clerk will read the joint resolution for the third time.
The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) was read the third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on passage of the joint
resolution.
Mr. REID. 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer)
and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Burr), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), and the Senator
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller)
would have voted: ``yea.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Are there any other
Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 30, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 199 Leg.]

YEAS--62

NAYS--30

NOT VOTING--8

Boozman
Boxer
Burr
Heller
Inhofe
Kirk
Murray
Vitter
The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 117) was passed.

Vote Explanation

Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I was unable to attend the roll
call votes that occurred at midnight, September 22. Had I been present,
I would have voted against S. 3576, related to foreign aid and voted in
favor of S.J. Res. 41, the Iran Resolution. I would have also voted to
support passage of H.J. Res. 117, the Continuing Appropriations
resolution and would have voted against the motion to invoke cloture on
the motion to proceed to S. 3525, the Sportsmen's Act.

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