[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1985]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                CLOTURE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me focus my remarks on the second 
cloture vote that will occur tomorrow. Were cloture to be invoked on 
what is generally referred to as a ``clean minimum wage,'' the 
bipartisan compromise that has been put together between Senator Baucus 
and Senator Grassley and Senator Enzi and others would be wiped out. So 
I think it is extremely important to mention to Members, those who 
would like to continue to go forward on a bipartisan basis, if cloture 
were to be invoked, that would eliminate the possibility of going 
forward on a bipartisan basis on minimum wage. I hope cloture will not 
be invoked--the second cloture vote would not be invoked, so that we 
can proceed with the substitute, which seems to enjoy broad, bipartisan 
support in the Senate.
  I yield the floor.

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