[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22228]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      CONSOLIDATED SECURITY, DISASTER ASSISTANCE, AND CONTINUING 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Chair lay 
before the Senate a message from the House with respect to H.R. 2638, 
the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act.
  There being no objection, the Presiding Officer laid before the 
Senate the following message from the House of Representatives:

                               H.R. 2638

       Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
     Senate to the bill (H.R. 2638) entitled ``An Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
     purposes.'' with an amendment to the Senate amendment.


                           Amendment No. 5660

  Mr. REID. I move to concur in the amendment of the House to the 
Senate amendment to H.R. 2638 with an amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to concur in the 
     House amendment to the Senate amendment with an amendment 
     numbered 5660.

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

       At the end, add the following: The provisions of this Act 
     shall become effective 2 days after enactment.

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


                Amendment No. 5661 to Amendment No. 5660

  Mr. REID. I have a second-degree amendment that I ask to be 
considered at this time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 5661 to amendment No. 5660.

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

       In the Amendment, strike ``2'' and insert ``1''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I now send a cloture motion to the desk on the motion to 
concur.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     concur in the House amendment with an amendment No. 5660 to 
     H.R. 2638, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
     Act/Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2009.
         Evan Bayh, Debbie Stabenow, Benjamin L. Cardin, Byron L. 
           Dorgan, Barbara A. Mikulski, Jeff Bingaman, John F. 
           Kerry, Herb Kohl, Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester, E. 
           Benjamin Nelson, Richard Durbin, Patrick J. Leahy, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Claire McCaskill, 
           Bernard Sanders.

  Mr. REID. I now ask that no motion to refer be in order during the 
pendency of the message.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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