[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 11 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S302]
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                 FISA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2007--Continued

  Mr. REID. What, then, Mr. President, is the pending business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. S. 2248 is the pending business.


                           Amendment No. 3918

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk to this 
legislation, and I ask that the clerk report that amendment if it is in 
keeping with what the Chair suggests.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 3918 to the language proposed to be stricken by 
     amendment No. 3911.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       Strike all after the first word in the bill and insert the 
     following:

     1. EXTENSION OF THE PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007.

       Subsection (c) of section 6 of the Protect America Act of 
     2007 (Public Law 110-55; 121 Stat. 557; 50 U.S.C. 1803 note) 
     is amended by striking ``180'' in inserting ``210''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the Reid 
     amendment No. 3918 to S. 2248.
         John D. Rockefeller, IV, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Bingaman, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. Inouye, 
           Charles E. Schumer, Thomas R. Carper, Bill Nelson, E. 
           Benjamin Nelson, Frank R. Lautenberg, Richard Durbin, 
           Ken Salazar, Tom Harkin, Sherrod Brown, Harry Reid.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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