[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 3078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--S. 1752, S. 1917

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be 
determined by me, after consultation with Senator McConnell, the Senate 
proceed to Calendar No. 251, S. 1752; that if a cloture motion is filed 
on the bill, there be 2 hours of debate on S. 1752 and S. 1917, equally 
divided between the two leaders or their designees; that upon the use 
or yielding back of that time, the Senate immediately proceed to vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture; that if cloture is invoked, all 
postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate immediately proceed to 
vote on the passage of the bill; that no amendments, points of order or 
motions be in order to the bill prior to a vote on passage; that if the 
motion to invoke cloture on S. 1752 is not agreed to, the bill be 
returned to the calendar; that upon disposition of S. 1752, the Senate 
immediately proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 293, S. 1917; 
that if a cloture motion is filed on the bill, the Senate immediately 
proceed to the vote on the motion to invoke cloture; that if cloture is 
invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate proceed to 
vote on passage of the bill; that no amendments, points of order or 
motions be in order to the bill prior to the vote on passage; that if 
the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1917 is not agreed to, the bill be 
returned to the calendar.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas.
  Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, the Gillibrand and McCaskill bills that the 
majority leader talked about were filed as amendments to the Defense 
authorization bill that the Senate passed in December of last year. 
They each have significant bipartisan support.
  The majority leader filled the tree on that bill and blocked 
amendments on both sides of the aisle, and therefore the Senate did not 
vote on these bills last year. There are hundreds of other amendments 
that were also blocked.
  Would the Senator modify this request to include a vote, at a 60-vote 
threshold, on another proposal that was blocked from consideration? The 
Kirk amendment No. 2295 was filed to the Defense bill. It would impose 
additional sanctions against the government of Iran if it violates the 
interim agreement with the United States. Will the Senator include a 
vote on the Kirk amendment as part of this agreement?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the majority leader agree to the 
modification?
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I reserve the right to object. There is no 
more important national security concern today than keeping Iran from 
getting a nuclear weapons capability. For our own national security and 
for that of Israel, our ally, we are committed to stopping Iran from 
getting that capability.
  That is why President Obama has entered into international 
negotiations with Iran. The Senate has a long tradition of 
bipartisanship on this issue, including numerous strong bipartisan 
votes that we put in place to initiate the very sanctions that have 
brought Iran to the negotiating table.
  In summation, I am terribly disappointed that my Republican friends 
are trying to turn this vital national security concern into a partisan 
issue by trying to inject it into a setting where it is clearly not 
relevant.
  I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Is there objection to the original request?
  Mr. MORAN. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

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