[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




NEW DIRECTION FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND CONSUMER 
PROTECTION ACT AND THE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION TAX ACT 
                       OF 2007--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 340, 
H.R. 3221, and ask the clerk to report the cloture motion.


                             cloture motion

  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 340, H.R. 3221.
         Harry Reid, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Russell D. Feingold, 
           Max Baucus, Charles E. Schumer, Kent Conrad, Patty 
           Murray, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Bingaman, Richard Durbin, 
           Mark L. Pryor, Carl Levin, Edward M. Kennedy, Patrick 
           J. Leahy, Bernard Sanders, Debbie Stabenow, Byron L. 
           Dorgan.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture 
vote not occur prior to the aforementioned cloture votes, and that the 
mandatory quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I now withdraw the motion, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida.

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