Kent Conrad: “I also raise a point of order that the pending Sessions amendment violates section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act…”

“I also raise a point of order that the pending Sessions amendment violates section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That point of order will be recognized when that amendment comes up. First, the Senate will vote on the motion to waive. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 22 Leg.] YEAS--53 Akaka Baucus Bayh Biden Bingaman Boxer Breaux Byrd Cantwell Carnahan Carper Cleland Clinton Conrad Corzine Daschle Dayton Dodd Dorgan Durbin Edwards Feingold Feinstein Fitzgerald Graham Harkin Hollings Inouye Johnson Kennedy Kerry Kohl Landrieu Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Mikulski Miller Murray Nelson (FL) Nelson (NE) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sarbanes Schumer Smith (OR) Specter Stabenow Torricelli Wellstone Wyden NAYS--47 Allard Allen Bennett Bond Brownback Bunning Burns Campbell Chafee Cochran Collins Craig Crapo DeWine Domenici Ensign Enzi Frist Gramm Grassley Gregg Hagel Hatch Helms Hutchinson Hutchison Inhofe Jeffords Kyl Lott Lugar McCain McConnell Murkowski Nickles Roberts Santorum Sessions Shelby Smith (NH) Snowe Stevens Thomas Thompson Thurmond Voinovich Warner The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Crapo). On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 47. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.”