[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. REED. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for 
tonight's votes on H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act, as I was attending a wake for a Rhode Island 
constituent. Had I been present for the vote on final passage, I would 
have voted in favor of this legislation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate insists 
on its amendment, requests a conference with the House, and the Chair 
appoints the following conferees.
  The Presiding Officer appointed Mr. Byrd, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Leahy, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Tester, Mr. 
Specter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
Brownback, and Ms. Murkowski conferees on the part of the Senate.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote and I move 
to lay that motion on the table on the last vote.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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