[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10859]
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     ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX RELIEF ACT OF 2008--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 1128, H.R. 7005. 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 cloture 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 1128, H.R. 7005, the Alternative 
     Minimum Tax Relief Act.
         Harry Reid, Debbie Stabenow, Byron L. Dorgan, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., E. Benjamin Nelson, Joseph I. Lieberman, 
           Sherrod Brown, Claire McCaskill, Carl Levin, Daniel K. 
           Akaka, Barbara A. Mikulski, Charles E. Schumer, 
           Christopher J. Dodd, Patty Murray, John D. Rockefeller, 
           IV, Richard Durbin, Frank R. Lautenberg.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask the live quorum, mandatory under 
rule XXII, be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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