[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16431]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              REBUILD AMERICA JOBS ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 213, S. 
1769.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the 
bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to proceed to S. 
     1769, a bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding 
     and modernizing America.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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. 213, S. 1769, a bill to put workers 
     back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America.
         Harry Reid, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Bingaman, Bernard 
           Sanders, Tom Udall, Daniel K. Akaka, Jon Tester, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Mark R. Warner, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Kent Conrad, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, 
           Claire McCaskill, Mark Begich, Ron Wyden, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Frank R. Lautenberg

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am hopeful that we will not have to have a 
vote on this matter. This is to protect us so if we cannot work out 
something we will have a vote Thursday morning. I hope we can work out 
something to have a vote on this most important measure. It is very 
important. This is a piece of legislation that the entire population of 
America supports by a ratio of some 76 percent. Republicans support it; 
Democrats support it; Independents support it. The only people in the 
world who do not support it are Republicans here in the Senate. So I 
hope we can work out something and move to this and it would be 
unnecessary for us to have to have cloture invoked or try to have 
cloture invoked.

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