[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 4955-4956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE SACRIFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO 
                HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 501, which the clerk will 
report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 501) honoring the sacrifice of the 
     members of the United States Armed Forces who have been 
     killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the resolution before the Senate honors 
the sacrifice of the members of our Armed Forces who have given their 
lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is fitting that we honor their 
service and their sacrifice.
  The resolution states that sacrifices of the fallen are in keeping 
with the highest traditions of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 
Force and Coast Guard. These selfless Americans have upheld the fine 
traditions of those who fought at Guadalcanal, Inchon, in Vietnam, 
Korea, Gettysburg, and Trenton.
  We have lost 69 brave volunteers from Kentucky. They are not 
forgotten by their families, they are not forgotten by the U.S. Senate, 
and they are not forgotten by those who carry on the fight.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts is recognized.
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, 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 resolution. The 
clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), 
the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye), and the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Obama) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss) and the Senator from Arizona (Mr. McCain).
  The result was announced--yeas 95, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 87 Leg.]

                                YEAS--95

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Allard
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Brown
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burr
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Cardin

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     Carper
     Casey
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Coleman
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Craig
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
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     Sununu
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     Voinovich
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
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                             NOT VOTING--5

     Chambliss
     Clinton
     Inouye
     McCain
     Obama
  The resolution (S. Res. 501) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in todays Record under 
``Submitted Resolutions.''
  Mrs. LINCOLN. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote and lay 
that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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