[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S6340]
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                 NOTICES OF INTENT TO SUSPEND THE RULES

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing: 
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby 
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule 
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following Motion 
to Commit (with instructions) to H.R. 5297:

       Mr. DeMINT moves to commit H.R. 5297 to the Committee on 
     Finance with instructions to report the same back to the 
     Senate with changes to include a permanent extension of the 
     2010 individual income tax rates, and to include provisions 
     which decrease spending as appropriate to offset such a 
     permanent extension.

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing: 
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby 
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule 
XXII for the purpose of proposing and considering the following Motion 
to Commit (with instructions) to H.R. 5297:

       Mr. DeMINT moves to commit H.R. 5297 to the Committee on 
     Finance with instructions to report the same back to the 
     Senate with changes to extend all current individual income 
     tax rates on small businesses and to include provisions which 
     decrease spending as appropriate to offset such a permanent 
     extension.

  Mr. JOHANNS. Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing: 
In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby 
give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule 
XXII, Paragraph 2, for the purpose of proposing and considering the 
following amendment to H.R. 5297.

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION.

       (a) Point of Order.--Subject to subsection (b), it shall 
     not be in order in the Senate to consider any conference 
     report or other legislation that originates in the House of 
     Representatives as a message, bill, amendment, or motion, or 
     any Senate bill or related conference report to which the 
     House of Representatives added a provision, that addresses 
     climate change through the inclusion of a cap-and-trade 
     program if the Senate has not considered and approved a bill 
     addressing climate change that included such a cap-and-trade 
     program.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in 
     the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of 
     the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to 
     sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of 
     order raised under subsection (a).

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