[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

 Mr. FLAKE. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent during 
Friday's cloture vote on H.J. Res. 59, the continuing resolution, as 
well as the motion to waive the budget act points of order with respect 
to H.J. Res. 59, the amendment offered by Senator Reid to strike 
language defunding Obamacare, and final passage of the resolution, due 
to my son's wedding in Arizona. Had I been here, I would have voted 
against all four measures.
  I would not have supported a bill that would weaken the meaningful 
spending reductions required by current law. The rate of spending under 
this continuing resolution exceeds the budget cap set by the Budget 
Control Act. Additionally, I took issue with the restrictive process 
under which this bill was considered on the floor: There was no 
indication that Senators would have had the opportunity to vote on an 
amendment that respects the overall budget cap and funds the government 
at the required $967 billion level for next year.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.

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