[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 41 (Thursday, March 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, in a moment, I will move to proceed to 
the Senate's substitute amendment to the American Rescue Plan. This 
legislation will keep America's families, businesses, and workers 
afloat and hasten the day when our country can return to normal and our 
economy can come roaring back.
  The United States is facing a once-in-a-century crisis that has 
sapped millions of jobs from our economy, left millions of Americans 
struggling to make ends meet, and stolen more than half a million 
American lives. The time is now to move forward with big, bold, strong 
relief for the American people; to send checks as promised to American 
workers and families; to help reopen schools as quickly and safely as 
possible; to help the hardest hit small businesses hang on; to help 
families stay in their homes, care for their children, and put food on 
the table; to keep firefighters, teachers, and busdrivers on the job; 
and to crush the virus with testing and vaccines once and for all.
  We are not going to repeat the mistakes of the past. We are not going 
to be timid in the face of a great challenge. We are not going to delay 
when urgent action is called for. We are not going to quit before the 
race is won. We are going to sprint through the finish line.
  It is time to move forward with this legislation, which will be one 
of the largest single anti-poverty bills in recent history. It is time 
to lift this country out of crisis and set it on a path to a strong and 
swift recovery. It is time to tell the American people that help is on 
the way.


                           Motion to Proceed

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 10, 
H.R. 1319.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 10, H.R. 1319, to provide 
     for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5.

  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 73 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--50

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Burr
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Ernst
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hagerty
     Hawley
     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
     Toomey
     Tuberville
     Wicker
     Young
  The VICE PRESIDENT. On this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 50.
  The Senate being equally divided, the Vice President votes in the 
affirmative, and the motion to proceed is agreed to.
  The motion was agreed to.

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