[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 166 (Thursday, September 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5854-S5855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 AND OTHER EXTENSIONS ACT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 8337) making continuing appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                           Amendment No. 2663

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2663.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2663.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
reading be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows

                     (Purpose: To improve the bill)

       At the end add the following.
       ``This Act shall take effect 1 day after the date of 
     enactment.''

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays on my amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2664 to Amendment No. 2663

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I have a second degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 2664 to amendment 2663.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the reading be dispensed 
with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows

                     (Purpose: To improve the bill)

       Strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk for 
the underlying bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 Calendar No. 552, H.R. 
     8337, a bill making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
     2021, and for other purposes.
         Mitch McConnell, Richard C. Shelby, Lindsey Graham, Cindy 
           Hyde-Smith, Tom Cotton, Mike Rounds, Thom Tillis, Roy 
           Blunt, Lamar Alexander, Richard Burr, Cory Gardner, 
           John Barrasso, Joni Ernst, Mike Crapo, Rob Portman, 
           James E. Risch, John Hoeven.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call 
be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
  (The remarks of Mr. Enzi, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Barrasso pertaining to 
the introduction of S. 4684 are printed in today's Record under 
``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. ENZI. I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.

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