mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i'm here today to lee flec refle tragedy that occurred in colorado springs last week, a gunman attacked a planned parenthood clinic killing three people and injuring nine others. colorado is mourning the victims, all of who represented the best of our state. officer garrett swasey was one of the first officers to arrive at the descrean. he had served as an officer at the colorado springs police department for six years. he had been married to his wife rachel for 17 years. he leaves behind his two children, faith, only six, and elijah who just turned seven on sunday. the greatest joys were his family, faith, and profession. "we will cherish his memory, especially those times he spent tossing the football to his son and snuggling with his daughter on the couch." "helping others brought him deep satisfaction. being a police officer was a part of him. in the end," she said, "his last act was for the safety and well-being of others and was a tribute to his life." and officer swasey's actio

mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator colorado. mr. bennet: first i say through the chair, thank you to my colleague from wyoming for his kind word about our efforts with respect to veterans. pursuant to section 094 of the congressional budget act of 1974, i mu o. $i move to waive all ally pplicable sections of that act for the purposes of this amendment. i asker not yeas and nays. the presiding officer: sufficient you have? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: a vote: vote: the presiding officer: has every senator in the chamber voted or does any wish to change his or her vote? seeing none, on this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays 52. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. the point of order is sustained. the amendment fails. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: next up, of course, will be the paul amendment. then i ask unanimous consent that following that, the next amendments in order be the

mr. president, after we finish the grassley amendment and the manchin amendment, then i ask unanimous consent that the next amendments in order be the following -- bennet number 2907 and paul number 2899. the presiding officer: is there objection? seeing none, so ordered. mr. grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i want to call up grassley amendment numbered 2914. the presiding officer: the dlerk will -- clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nebraska, mr. grassley, propose- mr. grassley: that's enough reading. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. grassley: now, you're going to be voting on the manchin-toomey amendment pretty soon. that amendment won't prevent -- the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. order, please. take your conversations off the floor. mr. grassley: i assume my minute starts over. the manchin-toomey amendment that's going to be up next, i'm told, won't prevent the next shooting or reduce crime or fix our mental health system. we need to also be worried about protecting the second amendment. my amendment addresses the obama administration's reduction in gun pros