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Senate passes spending bill

By Ted Barrett and Faith Karimi,CNN
updated 10:24 PM EST, Sat December 13, 2014
Source: CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Senate passes short-term funding measure
• Lawmakers from both parties seeking amendments
• 5-day continuing resolution expected to keep government operating until bill is completed

Washington (CNN) -- [Breaking news update, 10:07 p.m. ET]
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through September, approving it in an unusual Saturday evening vote.

[Previous story, 9:09 p.m. ET]
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill that will fund the government through Wednesday, averting a shutdown while the chamber debates a bill to fund the government.

President Barack Obama signed the stopgap funding bill Saturday evening. Without it, funding was due to dry up Saturday night.

The Senate will vote Saturday night on the $1.1 trillion package that would fund the government through next September, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor. The bill has already passed the House.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, the incoming Senate majority leader, had previously reached a deal with Reid to adjourn for the weekend and resume Monday to clear the bill.

But in a surprise development, some of McConnell's junior members defied the agreement after he left.

Reid tried to get unanimous consent for an adjournment until Monday when there would be enough votes to end a filibuster, but Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, objected because Reid would not guarantee a vote on an amendment dealing with immigration funding.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas also joined the objection, forcing the Senate to meet on Saturday.

Reid then announced to an almost empty chamber that the Senate would be in session beginning at noon Saturday.

Will the government keep operating?
The Senate was facing a Saturday deadline to approve the spending bill and avert a government shutdown, but that was pushed back.

The chamber has been sifting through many of the same arguments that tied up the House on Thursday, when disagreements over immigration and provisions related to Wall Street and campaign finance nearly derailed the bill. Senate lawmakers wanted votes on amendments that would address those issues.

Two votes are expected Monday: a procedural vote to block a filibuster and end debate on the bill, and a second one on the final passage.

'Using every tool available'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana, filed an amendment that would strip a provision that softens financial regulations on banks from the spending bill.

READ: Congress in disarray

"Congress should not put taxpayers on the hook for another bailout, and this giveaway that was drafted by Citigroup lobbyists has no place in a critical government funding bill," Warren said.

Cruz, a chief critic of Obama's recent executive action on immigration, also said he wanted a vote to block it.

READ: Surprises hidden in the spending bill

"I think it is critical that the Senate have the opportunity to have a clear up or down vote on funding President Obama's illegal executive amnesty," he told reporters. "I am using every tool available to help bring about that vote."

But by making the procedural move, Reid prevented those amendments from being considered. Amendment votes could have been risky, because if either measure passed, the spending bill would have to go back to the House to be voted on again.

While the House is technically in session, most members have left Washington until the new Congress convenes in early January.

A day after his administration scrambled to save the bill when it appeared it might be defeated in the House, the President said he was pulling for it in the Senate.

"I'm glad it passed the House and am hopeful that it will pass the Senate," Obama said.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 113^th Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 83 )
Vote Number:	354	Vote Date:	December 13, 2014, 09:50 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Motion Agreed to
Measure Number:	H.R. 83 (A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes. )
Measure Title:	To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of energy action plans aimed at promoting access to affordable, reliable energy, including increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	56
	NAYs	40
	Not Voting	4

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Alexander (R-TN), Yea Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Baldwin (D-WI), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay Blunt (R-MO), Yea Booker (D-NJ), Nay Boozman (R-AR), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Burr (R-NC), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Not Voting Coats (R-IN), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea Corker (R-TN), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Nay Cruz (R-TX), Nay Donnelly (D-IN), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting Fischer (R-NE), Yea Flake (R-AZ), Nay Franken (D-MN), Nay

Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Nay Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Heinrich (D-NM), Yea Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea Heller (R-NV), Nay Hirono (D-HI), Nay Hoeven (R-ND), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Johnson (R-WI), Nay Kaine (D-VA), Yea King (I-ME), Yea Kirk (R-IL), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Manchin (D-WV), Nay Markey (D-MA), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay McCaskill (D-MO), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Merkley (D-OR), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moran (R-KS), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Yea

Murphy (D-CT), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay Portman (R-OH), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Nay Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schatz (D-HI), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Scott (R-SC), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Nay Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Nay Walsh (D-MT), Yea Warner (D-VA), Yea Warren (D-MA), Nay Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---56
Alexander (R-TN) Ayotte (R-NH) Baldwin (D-WI) Barrasso (R-WY) Begich (D-AK) Bennet (D-CO) Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Collins (R-ME) Coons (D-DE) Cornyn (R-TX) Donnelly (D-IN) Durbin (D-IL)	Enzi (R-WY) Fischer (R-NE) Graham (R-SC) Hagan (D-NC) Hatch (R-UT) Heinrich (D-NM) Heitkamp (D-ND) Hoeven (R-ND) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Kirk (R-IL) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) McConnell (R-KY) Mikulski (D-MD) Murkowski (R-AK)	Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Pryor (D-AR) Reid (D-NV) Roberts (R-KS) Rockefeller (D-WV) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Walsh (D-MT) Warner (D-VA) Wicker (R-MS)

NAYs ---40
Blumenthal (D-CT) Booker (D-NJ) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Corker (R-TN) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Flake (R-AZ) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Grassley (R-IA) Harkin (D-IA) Heller (R-NV)	Hirono (D-HI) Johnson (R-WI) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lee (R-UT) Levin (D-MI) Manchin (D-WV) Markey (D-MA) McCain (R-AZ) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Moran (R-KS) Paul (R-KY) Portman (R-OH)	Reed (D-RI) Risch (R-ID) Rubio (R-FL) Sanders (I-VT) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Tester (D-MT) Vitter (R-LA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 4
Chambliss (R-GA) Coburn (R-OK)	Feinstein (D-CA) Inhofe (R-OK)

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Nay	Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	Begich (D-AK), Yea	Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Flake (R-AZ), Nay	McCain (R-AZ), Nay
Arkansas:	Boozman (R-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Not Voting
Colorado:	Bennet (D-CO), Yea	Udall (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay	Murphy (D-CT), Yea
Delaware:	Carper (D-DE), Yea	Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	Nelson (D-FL), Yea	Rubio (R-FL), Nay
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Not Voting	Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Hirono (D-HI), Nay	Schatz (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	Crapo (R-ID), Nay	Risch (R-ID), Nay
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Yea	Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Coats (R-IN), Yea	Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Nay	Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Moran (R-KS), Nay	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	McConnell (R-KY), Yea	Paul (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana:	Landrieu (D-LA), Yea	Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Yea	King (I-ME), Yea
Maryland:	Cardin (D-MD), Yea	Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	Markey (D-MA), Nay	Warren (D-MA), Nay
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	Franken (D-MN), Nay	Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Blunt (R-MO), Yea	McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
Montana:	Tester (D-MT), Nay	Walsh (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Fischer (R-NE), Yea	Johanns (R-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Heller (R-NV), Nay	Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire:	Ayotte (R-NH), Yea	Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
New Jersey:	Booker (D-NJ), Nay	Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico:	Heinrich (D-NM), Yea	Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York:	Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:	Burr (R-NC), Yea	Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota:	Heitkamp (D-ND), Yea	Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio:	Brown (D-OH), Nay	Portman (R-OH), Nay
Oklahoma:	Coburn (R-OK), Not Voting	Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting
Oregon:	Merkley (D-OR), Nay	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Casey (D-PA), Yea	Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Reed (D-RI), Nay	Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Scott (R-SC), Nay
South Dakota:	Johnson (D-SD), Yea	Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Cruz (R-TX), Nay
Utah:	Hatch (R-UT), Yea	Lee (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	Leahy (D-VT), Yea	Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Kaine (D-VA), Yea	Warner (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	Manchin (D-WV), Nay	Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin:	Baldwin (D-WI), Yea	Johnson (R-WI), Nay
Wyoming:	Barrasso (R-WY), Yea	Enzi (R-WY), Yea

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...n=2&vote=00354