[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4] [Senate] [Pages 4986-4987] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]PROVIDING FOR A CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND A CONDITIONAL RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now call up the adjournment resolution and ask for the yeas and nays on adoption of the concurrent resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 257) providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. The Senate proceeded to consider the concurrent resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, very briefly prior to the vote, Senator Coburn and other Republicans will be here tonight and tomorrow to discuss the importance of passing the unemployment insurance package, but also the importance of paying for it. So we will be here and engaged in a vigorous discussion about the appropriateness of the measure as well as about the importance of paying for it. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask, has this matter been seconded? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the resolution. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) are necessarily absent. Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Texas (Mrs. Hutchison), and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 39, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 108 Leg.] YEAS--49 Akaka Baucus Bayh Begich Bingaman Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin [[Page 4987]] Carper Casey Conrad Dodd Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln McCaskill Mikulski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse NAYS--39 Barrasso Bennet Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Gregg Hatch Inhofe Johanns Kyl LeMieux Lugar McCain McConnell Menendez Merkley Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Voinovich Wyden NOT VOTING--12 Alexander Boxer Byrd Crapo Dorgan Hutchison Isakson Kerry Murkowski Murray Rockefeller Wicker The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 257) was agreed to, as follows: H. Con. Res. 257 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That when the House adjourns on any legislative day from Wednesday, March 24, 2010, through Monday, March 29, 2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from Thursday, March 25, 2010, through Wednesday, March 31, 2010, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, April 12, 2010, or such other time on that day as may be specified in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________