[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2223-S2224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




IMPOSING A MINIMUM EFFECTIVE TAX RATE FOR HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYERS--MOTION 
                         TO PROCEED--Continued

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 339, 
S. 2230 is now pending; is that correct?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.


                             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 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 339, S. 2230, a bill to reduce the 
     deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-
     income taxpayers.
         Harry Reid, Sheldon Whitehouse, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Barbara Boxer, Patrick J. Leahy, Jeff Bingaman, Richard 
           J. Durbin, Daniel K. Akaka, Al Franken, Jack Reed, Mark 
           Begich, Sherrod Brown, Carl Levin, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Bernard Sanders, Debbie Stabenow, Charles E. Schumer, 
           Patty Murray.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum required under rule XXII be waived and the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 2230 occur on Monday, 
April 16, when the Senate resumes legislative session immediately 
following the vote on the confirmation of Stephanie Dawn Thacker.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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