[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5310-S5311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     AMERICAN JOBS AND CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES ACT OF 2010--Continued


                           Amendment No. 4386

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in the House amendment to 
the Senate amendment to the bill, with the Baucus amendment, which is 
at the desk. I offer this on behalf of Senator Baucus.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), for Mr. Baucus, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 4386 to the House amendment to 
     the Senate amendment to H.R. 4213.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 4387 to Amendment No. 4386

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now call up the Baucus second-degree 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), for Mr. Baucus, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 4387 to amendment No. 4386.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
       The provisions of this Act shall become effective 3 days 
     after enactment.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 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 
     concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 
     4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, with a 
     Baucus amendment No. 4386.
         Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Patrick J. Leahy, Al Franken, 
           Patty Murray, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Roland W. Burris, Kent Conrad, Daniel K. Akaka, Robert 
           P. Casey, Jr., Jeanne Shaheen, Edward E. Kaufman, Jeff 
           Merkley, Jeff Bingaman, Mark L. Pryor, Sherrod Brown, 
           Carl Levin.


                Motion to Refer With Amendment No. 4388

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to refer, with instructions, 
at the desk and ask that it be stated.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) moves to refer the House 
     message on H.R. 4213 to the Senate Committee on Finance, with 
     instructions of amendment No. 4388.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       The Committee on Finance is requested to study the economic 
     impact of the delay in

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     implementing the provisions of the Act on job creation on a 
     national and regional level.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                           Amendment No. 4389

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the instructions at 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4389 to the instructions of the motion to refer to 
     the House message No. 4213.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``and include statistical data on the specific service 
     related positions created.''

  Mr. REID. On this, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 4390 to Amendment No. 4389

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) proposes an amendment 
     numbered 4390 to amendment No. 4389.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:
       ``and the impact on the local economy.''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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