[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 21 (Thursday, February 11, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S559]
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                  UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 3961

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 252, H.R. 3961; 
that the amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; the bill, 
as amended, be read three times, passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and that any statements be printed in the Record.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. McCONNELL. Reserving the right to object, and I am going to 
object, I believe this is the simple unemployment insurance extension?
  Mr. REID. That is true.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I would suggest another way to resolve the issue. I 
would ask that with respect to the House message on the CJS 
appropriations bill, that the motion to concur with an amendment be the 
Baucus-Grassley amendment which was filed earlier today.
  I know my friend and colleague is going to offer some scaled-down 
version of that shortly. But if we offered instead the Grassley-Baucus 
amendment which was filed earlier today, that would include the 
unemployment extension. That was one of the features of that Baucus-
Grassley amendment.
  So if this consent were granted, it would allow us to work on that 
package rather than the version that the leader of the majority is 
going to offer here shortly that includes only four of those 
provisions.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I do not accept the modification.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Let me add that unemployment insurance does not expire 
until February 28. We will be back on February 22, and hopefully we 
will have sufficient time to work on an acceptable extension.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. McCONNELL. I object.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.

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