[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2433]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      BIPARTISAN CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON IRAQ--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, at this time, I move to proceed to 
consideration of S. Con. Res. 2. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion 
     to proceed to Calendar No. 12, S. Con. Res. 2, a bipartisan 
     concurrent resolution on Iraq.
         Harry Reid, Patty Murray, Herb Kohl, Jeff Bingaman, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Frank R. Lautenberg, Chuck Schumer, 
           Dick Durbin, Christopher Dodd, Bernard Sanders, Jack 
           Reed, Joe Biden, Chuck Hagel, Robert Menendez, Olympia 
           J. Snowe, Ron Wyden, Debbie Stabenow.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have filed this bipartisan cloture motion. 
Because of that, I withdraw the motion to proceed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn.
  The minority leader is recognized.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, in terms of the process by which we go 
forward next week to discuss the Iraq situation, as the majority leader 
indicated, we have been in discussions over the last couple of days 
about how that might go forward. We are still in the process of 
consulting with our Members. I have indicated to the majority leader 
that there is likely to be one or more additional resolutions offered 
by this side, and as we begin the week, I will have a clearer picture 
of just how many that might be, and then we can begin to sit down and 
structure the process by which those will be considered in the Senate. 
I look forward to working with the majority leader next week in that 
regard.

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