On the recordMarch 8, 2012
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Thune). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Manchin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 34 Leg.] YEAS--56 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Landrieu Lee Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Pryor Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Tester Toomey Vitter Webb Wicker NAYS--42 Akaka Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Kirk Thune The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
