[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--S. 1375

  Mr. REID. I want to make a couple of other efforts here. The Melanie 
Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act will help provide support services to women 
suffering from postpartum depression and psychosis and will also help 
educate mothers and their families about these conditions. It will 
support research into the causes, diagnosis, and treatments for 
postpartum depression. This is something Senator Menendez and others 
feel extremely strongly about. This matter passed the House of 
Representatives 382 to 3. Senator Coburn repeatedly blocked the Senate 
HELP Committee action on the Senate companion bill.
  I ask unanimous consent that the HELP Committee be discharged of S. 
1375; that the Senate immediately proceed to S. 1375; that all after 
the enacting clause be stricken and that an amendment at the desk 
consisting of the text of subtitle (d) of title I of S. 3297 be 
inserted in lieu thereof; that the amendment be considered, agreed to; 
the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed; and a motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. COBURN. I object.

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