[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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             PROTOCOL AMENDING TAX CONVENTION WITH DENMARK

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             PROTOCOL AMENDING TAX CONVENTION WITH FINLAND

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar Nos. 3 and 
4 en bloc, the Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Denmark and the 
Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Finland; that the protocols be 
advanced through their various parliamentary stages up to and including 
the presentation of the resolutions of ratification, and that there now 
be a division vote on the resolutions en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  A division has been requested.
  Senators in favor of the resolutions of ratification will rise and 
stand until counted.
  Those opposed will rise and stand until counted.
  On a division, two-thirds of the Senators present having voted in the 
affirmative, the resolutions of ratification are agreed to.
  The resolutions of ratification agreed to are as follows:

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of 
     America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Avoidance 
     of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
     Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other 
     Taxes, signed at Berlin on June 1, 2006 and an Exchange of 
     Notes dated August 17, 2006 (EC-2046) (Treaty Doc. 109-20).
       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of 
     the United States of America and the Government of the 
     Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and 
     the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on 
     Income and on Capital, signed at Helsinki on May 31, 2006 
     (Treaty Doc. 109-18).

  Mr. WEBB. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the motions to 
reconsider be laid on the table, and the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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