[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15994-15995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 NO SUBSIDIES WITHOUT VERIFICATION ACT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2775, which the clerk will report 
by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2775) to condition the provision of premium 
     and cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act upon a certification that a program to 
     verify household income and other qualifications for such 
     subsidies is operational, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, Amendment No. 2004 
is agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the cloture motion 
having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to 
read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move

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     to bring to a close debate on H.R. 2775, as amended.
         Harry Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Patty Murray, Barbara 
           Boxer, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Michael F. Bennet, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Jon Tester, Jack Reed, Mark R. Warner, Tim Kaine, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Charles E. Schumer, Christopher A. 
           Coons.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum 
has been waived.
  The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on H.R. 
2775, as amended, should be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe).
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 83, nays 16, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 218 Leg.]

                                YEAS--83

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Chiesa
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--16

     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Heller
     Johnson (WI)
     Lee
     Paul
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Toomey
     Vitter

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Inhofe
       
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, cloture having 
been invoked, all time is yielded back.
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the bill, as 
amended, having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the 
bill pass?
  Mr. CORKER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe).
  The result was announced--yeas 81, nays 18, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 219 Leg.]

                                YEAS--81

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Chiesa
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--18

     Coburn
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Heller
     Johnson (WI)
     Lee
     Paul
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Toomey
     Vitter

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Inhofe
       
  The bill (H.R. 2775), as amended, was passed.
  The amendment (No. 2005) was agreed to, as follows:

       Amend the title to read: ``An Act making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 
     and for other purposes.''

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mrs. HAGAN. Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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