[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 152 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6739]
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       PROVIDING FOR A CORRECTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3979

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     DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE A 
               CORRECTION IN THE ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 3979

  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Under the previous order, H. 
Con. Res. 121 and H. Con. Res. 123 are considered and agreed to en bloc 
and the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the 
table en bloc.
  The Republican leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I wish to take a moment to speak on 
something that I think there is an overwhelming bipartisan desire to 
achieve, and that is to finish tonight. There is no good reason not to.
  We are working to clear an agreement on our side to process the CR/
omnibus, the extenders bill, and TRIA tonight--tonight


                 Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 5771.

  As for right now, I can tell you we are prepared to go forward on the 
extenders bill. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that at a time to be 
determined by the majority leader, after consultation with the 
Republican leader, the Senate proceed to consideration of H.R. 5771, 
the Tax Increase Prevention Act; that there be up to 1 hour of debate 
equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to the 
vote on passage of the bill; further, that the vote on passage be 
subject to a 60-vote affirmative threshold.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, we have had bipartisan 
conversations about having a more than 1-year extension of the tax 
extenders, bipartisan conversations about moving to a 2-year bill or 
maybe doing what we did in the Senate and passing the extend bill.
  So I respect my friend, who is trying to get us out of here as 
quickly as possible, but we have to have a path forward to make sure we 
understand what is happening with the extenders.
  The Senator mentioned TRIA. We also have some problems with that. So 
I believe we need a path forward on the omnibus and a way forward on 
the nominations before we start dealing with whether there should be a 
2-year extension or a 1-year extension and what amendments, if any, we 
would have on TRIA, so I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I would briefly make the point that we are very close 
to being cleared on this side to finish. I want everybody to understand 
that it is possible to finish tonight. Very shortly, we will be able to 
announce that there are no impediments toward getting to that goal on 
our side of the aisle.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. We have the omnibus we have to do, we have to do the tax 
extenders, we have to do TRIA, and we have some nominations that we 
have an obligation to the American people to do, so we are not going to 
finish tonight. I think we could finish the omnibus tonight, but we are 
not finishing tonight.

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