Congressional Record, Volume 160 Issue 68 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)

[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

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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