[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 100 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S4765]
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SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND TAX RELIEF ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued
Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are on the motion to proceed to Calendar
No. 341, S. 2237; is that true?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
Cloture Motion
Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 bill 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. 341, S. 2237, the Small Business Jobs
and Tax Relief Act.
Harry Reid, Kent Conrad, Tom Harkin, Richard Blumenthal,
Jeff Bingaman, Carl Levin, Al Franken, Daniel K.
Inouye, Richard J. Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Max
Baucus, Charles E. Schumer, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray,
John D. Rockefeller IV, John F. Kerry.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory
quorum under rule XXII be waived; that at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 10,
there be 10 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. 2237.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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