[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 167 (Thursday, November 21, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S8441]
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PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OR RECESS OF THE SENATE AND AN 
              ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 28 
as provided for under the previous order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent 
resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 28) providing for a 
     conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and an 
     adjournment of the House of Representatives.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on 
agreeing to the concurrent resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be 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 Montana (Mr. Tester) and 
the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Warner) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), 
the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Flake), and the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) 
would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 42, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 246 Leg.]

                                YEAS--51

     Baldwin
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Udall (NM)
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--42

     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Corker
     Crapo
     Donnelly
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Vitter
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Ayotte
     Cornyn
     Cruz
     Flake
     Heller
     Tester
     Warner
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 28) was agreed to, as 
follows:

                             S. Con Res. 28

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any 
     day from Thursday, November 21, 2013, through Friday, 
     December 6, 2013, on a motion offered pursuant to this 
     concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, 
     it stand recessed or adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, 
     December 9, 2013, or such other time on that day as may be 
     specified by its Majority Leader or his designee in the 
     motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any 
     reassembly pursuant to section 2 or section 3 of this 
     concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when 
     the House adjourns on any legislative day from Thursday, 
     November 21, 2013, through Tuesday, November 26, 2013, on a 
     motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its 
     Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 
     2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2013, or until the time of 
     any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
     resolution, whichever occurs first.
       Sec. 2.  The Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker 
     of the House, or their respective designees, acting jointly 
     after consultation with the Minority Leader of the Senate and 
     the Minority Leader of the House, shall notify the Members of 
     the Senate and House, respectively, to reassemble at such 
     place and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, 
     the public interest shall warrant it.
       Sec. 3.  After the House reassembles pursuant to the first 
     section of this concurrent resolution, the Majority Leader of 
     the Senate after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate, shall notify the Members of the Senate to reassemble 
     whenever, in his opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
     it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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