[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 63 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S3188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT OF 2007--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I would move to Calendar No. 325, H.R. 
2831. I indicated to the minority that I would do that now. As a result 
of their indicating they would not be in agreement to do that, 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 assistant 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 325, H.R. 2831, the Fair Pay Act.
         Harry Reid, Daniel K. Inouye, Barbara Boxer, Patty 
           Murray, Byron L. Dorgan, Edward M. Kennedy, Christopher 
           J. Dodd, Daniel K. Akaka, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick 
           J. Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Sherrod Brown, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Richard Durbin, Ken Salazar, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Max Baucus.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. This is an important piece of legislation that we talked 
about moving to. It deals with fair pay. In the morning we are going to 
have the morning hour. We are going to have a number of Senators, and a 
lot of female Senators, come and speak on this issue because this is 
certainly an issue that is important to women all over America today. 
We are anxious to get to this. We hope the Republicans will let us 
proceed to it.

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