[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S6351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              AMERICAN JOBS ACT OF 2011--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, I move to proceed to 
Calendar No. 187, S. 1660.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1660) to provide tax relief for American workers 
     and businesses, to put workers back on the job while 
     rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways 
     back to work for Americans looking for jobs.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant 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. 187, S. 1660, the American Jobs Act 
     of 2011.
         Harry Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer, 
           Sherrod Brown, Robert Menendez, Mark Begich, Barbara 
           Boxer, Debbie Stabenow, Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Bernard Sanders, John F. Kerry, Frank R. 
           Lautenberg, Jeff Merkley, Barbara A. Mikulski, Benjamin 
           L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived; further that following the vote on passage of S. 
1619 on Tuesday, October 11, there be up to 5 minutes equally divided 
between the two leaders or their designees prior to a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 1660.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I now withdraw my motion to proceed.

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