[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 U.S. TROOP READINESS, VETERANS' HEALTH, AND IRAQ ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 
                            2007--Continued

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the substitute 
amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be considered as original 
text for the purpose of further amendments, and that no points of order 
be considered waived by virtue of this agreement; further, that the 
pending Cochran amendment remain in order, notwithstanding this 
agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 641) was agreed to.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant 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 move to bring to a close the debate on Calendar No. 
     84, H.R. 1591, the emergency supplemental 2007 appropriations 
     bill.
         Harry Reid, Robert C. Byrd, Jack Reed, Patrick Leahy, 
           B.A. Mikulski, Byron L. Dorgan, Christopher J. Dodd, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Chuck Schumer, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Barbara Boxer, Herb Kohl, Jay 
           Rockefeller, Joe Biden, E. Benjamin Nelson, Daniel K. 
           Akaka, Ted Kennedy.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the live quorum 
under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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