[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 19 (Tuesday, February 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S225-S226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SETTING FORTH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
                FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, we all know of the crisis in America--
the greatest economic crisis in 75 years since the New Deal, the 
greatest healthcare crisis in 100 years since the Spanish pandemic flu. 
Americans are suffering and hurting, losing jobs, businesses closing, 
can't feed their families, being evicted from their homes.
  We are in a very, very difficult situation. We cannot afford to 
dither, delay, or dilute. We need a big, bold package along the lines 
of what President Biden has proposed, the American relief plan.
  We hope our Republican colleagues will join us in offering 
amendments. Of course, as you know, as the reconciliation process moves 
forward, it is open to amendments and suggestions. We want it to be a 
bipartisan proposal, but we also know that we must move forward with 
the crisis in America. That is why today's vote is a very good vote, 
because it sets us on the process of moving forward and solving this--
one of the greatest crises America has ever had.
  I move to proceed to Calendar No. 4, S. Con. Res. 5, the concurrent 
resolution on the budget.
  I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll
  Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Toomey) would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 13 Leg.]

                                YEAS--50

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hickenlooper
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Kelly
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Lujan
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murphy
     Murray
     Ossoff
     Padilla
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warnock
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--49

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley

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     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Lummis
     Marshall
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Sullivan
     Thune
     Tillis
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
       Toomey
  The motion was agreed to

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