Congressional Record, Volume 161 Issue 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)

[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5921-S5922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

HIRE MORE HEROES ACT OF 2015--Continued

Quorum Call

Mr. WICKER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll and the following
Senators entered the Chamber and answered to their names:

[Quorum No. 6 Leg.]

Alexander
Barrasso
Boozman
Boxer
Cardin
Cornyn
Durbin
Fischer
Franken
Heinrich
Lee
McConnell
Murphy
Perdue
Rounds
Tillis
Udall
Whitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Tillis). A quorum is not present.
The majority leader.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to instruct the Sergeant at Arms
to request the presence of absent Senators, and 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 of the Senator from
Kentucky.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Corker), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), and the Senator from
Florida (Mr. Rubio).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons),
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from
Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necesarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 79, nays 14, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 255 Leg.]

YEAS--79

Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Donnelly
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Franken
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kaine
King
Kirk
Klobuchar
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McCaskill
McConnell
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Portman
Reed
Reid
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Sanders
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Sessions
Shaheen
Shelby
Stabenow
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--14

Ayotte
Boozman
Collins
Cotton
Heller
Lankford
McCain
Moran
Paul
Perdue
Sullivan
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker

NOT VOTING--7

Blunt
Coons
Corker
Flake
Markey
Peters
Rubio
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. A quorum is present.
The majority leader.

Vote on Amendment No. 2329

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to table amendment No. 2329.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.

Amendment No. 2328

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I raise a germaneness point of order against
amendment No. 2328.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The point of order is sustained, and the
amendment falls.

Vote on Amendment No. 2327

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now occurs on agreeing to
amendment No. 2327, offered by the Senator from Kentucky, Mr.
McConnell, for Mr. Kirk.
The yeas and nays were previously ordered.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Corker), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. Flake), and the Senator from
Florida (Mr. Rubio).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons),
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from
Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 29, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 256 Leg.]

YEAS--64

Alexander
Ayotte
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Donnelly
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Isakson
Johnson
Kaine
King
Kirk
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
McCain
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Portman
Reed
Reid
Roberts
Rounds
Schatz
Schumer
Scott
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden

NAYS--29

Barrasso
Boozman
Capito
Cassidy
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Fischer
Gardner
Grassley
Hatch
Inhofe
Lankford
Lee
McConnell
Paul
Perdue
Risch
Sanders
Sasse
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Vitter

NOT VOTING--7

Blunt
Coons
Corker
Flake
Markey
Peters
Rubio
The amendment (No. 2327) was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

Cloture Motion

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture vote on the McConnell
amendment No. 2266, as modified, be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending
cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
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,
do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the McConnell
amendment No. 2266, as modified.
Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Orrin G. Hatch, John
Barrasso, Pat Roberts, Richard Burr, Thom Tillis, David
Vitter, Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, Lamar Alexander,
Daniel Coats, John Hoeven, James M. Inhofe, Roger F.
Wicker, Susan M. Collins, John Thune.

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
amendment No. 2266, as modified, offered by the Senator from Kentucky,
Mr. McConnell, to H.R. 22, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Arizona (Mr.
Flake), and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons),
the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), and the Senator from
Michigan (Mr. Peters) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 62, nays 32, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 257 Leg.]

YEAS--62

Alexander
Ayotte
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blunt
Boozman
Boxer
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cassidy
Coats
Cochran
Collins
Cornyn
Daines
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Franken
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heitkamp
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kaine
King
Kirk
Klobuchar
Lankford
Leahy
Manchin
McCain
McCaskill
McConnell
Moran
Murray
Nelson
Portman
Roberts
Rounds
Sanders
Schatz
Scott
Sessions
Shaheen
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Vitter
Whitehouse
Wicker

NAYS--32

Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Donnelly
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Hirono
Lee
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Paul
Perdue
Reed
Reid
Risch
Sasse
Schumer
Shelby
Toomey
Udall
Warner
Warren
Wyden

NOT VOTING--6

Coons
Corker
Flake
Markey
Peters
Rubio
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 62, the nays are
32.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
The majority leader.

Amendment No. 2421 to Amendment No. 2266

(Purpose: Of a perfecting nature)

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2421.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an
amendment numbered 2421 to amendment No. 2266.

Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The amendment is printed in the Record of July 26, 2015, under
``Text of Amendments.'')
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.

Amendment No. 2533 to Amendment No. 2421

(Purpose: To improve the amendment)

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the
desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. Inhofe,
proposes an amendment numbered 2533 to amendment No. 2421.

Amendment No. 2417

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the text of the
underlying bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an
amendment numbered 2417 to the language proposed to be
stricken by amendment No. 2266.

The amendment is as follows:

At the end add the following:
``This act shall be effective 1 day after enactment.''

Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.

Amendment No. 2418 to Amendment No. 2417

Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the
desk.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an
amendment numbered 2418 to amendment No. 2417.

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

On line 2, strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days.''

Mr. McCONNELL. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order
for the quorum call be rescinded.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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