[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022--Motion to Proceed

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, in a moment, I will move to proceed to 
the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The time has come for the Senate 
to begin debate on this historic piece of legislation.
  The Inflation Reduction Act is a groundbreaking bill for the American 
people--for families struggling to pay the bills, for seniors 
struggling to pay for medication, for kids struggling with asthma. This 
bill is for them.
  I thank all of my colleagues who have dedicated their blood, sweat, 
and tears toward shaping this outstanding legislation.
  This is one of the most comprehensive and impactful bills Congress 
has seen in decades. It will reduce inflation, it will lower 
prescription drug costs, it will fight climate change, it will close 
tax loopholes, and it will reduce--reduce--the deficit. It will help 
every citizen in this country and make America a much better place.
  The time is now to move forward with a big, bold package for the 
American people; to fight inflation and make it easier for people to 
afford everything from trips to the doctor's office to trips to the 
pharmacy; to hold drug companies accountable and empower Medicare to 
negotiate the cost of prescription drugs; to help families pay their 
utilities with the boldest clean energy package in American history; to 
make sure that nurses and teachers and firefighters and middle-class 
families don't pay more in taxes than billion-dollar corporations; to 
reduce pollution, restore our coastlines, protect our forests, and 
deliver to our children and grandchildren the planet they deserve.
  Again, the time is now to move forward with a big, bold package for 
the American people.
  Again, this historic bill--this historic bill--will reduce inflation, 
lower costs, and fight climate change. It is time to move this Nation 
forward.
  Senate Democrats began this majority by promising to tackle the 
biggest challenges facing our country. The Inflation Reduction Act will 
make good on that promise and serve as the capstone to one of the most 
productive stretches the Senate has seen in a very long time. And in 
the end, it will be the American people who benefit from the work we do 
here and now.


                           Motion to Proceed

  So I move to proceed to Calendar No. 464, H.R. 5376.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 464, H.R. 5376, a bill to 
     provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. 
     Res. 14.


                             Vote on Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, 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 called the roll.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 50, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 287 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
  (Ms. Baldwin assumed the Chair.)
  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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