[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8383-S8384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          MIDDLE CLASS TAX CUT ACT OF 2011--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 251, 
S. 1944.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Motion to proceed to the bill (S. 1944) to create jobs by 
     providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and 
     businesses, and for other purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been 
presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read 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, 
     do hereby

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     move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to 
     Calendar No. 251, S. 1944, a bill to create jobs by providing 
     payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses, 
     and for other purposes:
         Harry Reid, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Richard J. Durbin, 
           Charles E. Schumer, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, Kent 
           Conrad, Joseph I. Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff 
           Bingaman, Tim Johnson, Daniel K. Inouye, John F. Kerry, 
           Max Baucus, Daniel K. Akaka, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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