[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2768]
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  ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2014--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds for 
a unanimous consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I understand that a number of Senators have 
filed amendments related to energy policy, and I think they ought to be 
allowed to offer those amendments.
  I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for me to offer amendment 
No. 3013.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DURBIN. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. THUNE. Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President. Is it correct that 
no Senator is permitted to offer an amendment to this bill while the 
majority leader's amendments and motions are pending?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct that at present there 
is no place for another amendment on the Senate's amendment tree.
  Mr. THUNE. Then, Mr. President, in order to offer amendment No. 3013, 
I move to table the Reid amendment No. 3023, and I ask for the yeas and 
nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.
  Mr. DURBIN. Is a unanimous consent request necessary for action just 
taken by the Senator from South Dakota?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. A unanimous consent was previously granted for 
two motions to table.
  Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet) 
and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Boozman) would have voted ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 52, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 132 Leg.]

                                YEAS--45

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

                                NAYS--52

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

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Bennet
     Boozman
     Pryor
  The motion was rejected.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry: Is it correct 
that no Senator is permitted to offer an amendment to this bill while 
the majority leader's amendments and motions are pending?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. At present there is no place for another 
amendment on the Senate's amendment tree. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, in order to offer amendment No. 2981, I 
move to table the Reid amendment No. 3025.
  I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion to table.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor), and the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. 
Boozman) would have voted ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 45, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 133 Leg.]

                                YEAS--45

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

                                NAYS--51

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

                             NOT VOTING--4

     Bennet
     Boozman
     Pryor
     Sanders
  The motion was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The senior Senator from Minnesota.

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