On the recordFebruary 2, 2012
The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 12 Leg.] YEAS--60 Ayotte Barrasso Begich Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker DeMint Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Reed Roberts Rubio Sanders Sessions Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--39 Akaka Alexander Baucus Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (MA) Burr Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Cornyn Crapo Durbin Hagan Harkin Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Kyl Landrieu Lee Levin Lieberman McConnell Mikulski Nelson (NE) Pryor Reid Risch Rockefeller Schumer Shaheen Toomey Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb NOT VOTING--1 Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. Amendment No. 1481 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 1481, as modified, offered by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Brown. This amendment is subject to a 60-vote threshold. The Senator from Ohio.
