[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S4705]
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        UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT--HOUSE MESSAGE ON H.R. 2642

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following any 
leader time on Thursday, May 22, the Senate then resume consideration 
of the House message on H.R. 2642, and there be 2 hours of debate 
equally divided and controlled between the leaders or their designees; 
that upon the use or yielding back of time, the cloture motion with 
respect to the Reid motion to concur in House amendment No. 2 with an 
amendment be withdrawn, and the Reid second-degree amendment be 
withdrawn; that the Senate then proceed to vote on adoption of the 
motion to concur in House amendment No. 2 with an amendment; that the 
motion to concur be subject to an affirmative 60-vote threshold, that 
if the motion achieves that threshold, it be agreed to, and the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table; that if the motion to concur 
fails to achieve 60 votes, it be withdrawn, and Senator Reid be 
recognized to move to concur in House amendment No. 2 with an amendment 
which is the Webb GI bill; that the motion be subject to an affirmative 
60-vote threshold; and that if it achieves that threshold, the motion 
to concur be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table: that if it fails to achieve 60 affirmative votes, it be 
withdrawn, and the Senate disagree to House amendment No. 2; that upon 
disposition of House amendment No. 2, Senator Reid be recognized to 
move to concur in House amendment No. 1 with an amendment which is the 
text of the committee-reported amendments Nos. 2 and 3 on funding and 
Iraq policy; that Senator Sanders then be recognized to make a rule XVI 
point of order against section 11312 of the Reid motion; that if the 
point of order is sustained, Senator Reid be recognized to move to 
concur in House amendment No. 1 with an amendment which is the text of 
committee amendments Nos. 2 and 3 minus section 11312; that it be 
subject to a 60 affirmative vote threshold, and that if it achieves 
that threshold, it be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; that if it fails to achieve the 60-vote threshold, it 
be withdrawn, and Senator Reid be recognized to move to concur in House 
amendment No. 1 with an amendment which is the text of the committee 
amendment No. 2 minus section 11312; that the motion be subject to an 
affirmative 60-vote threshold; and that if the motion achieves that 
threshold, it be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table; if it fails to achieve that threshold, then it be withdrawn, 
and the Senate disagree to House amendment No. 1; that no further 
points of order be in order, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Thank you, Mr. President, very much.

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