[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21158]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at 9 a.m. 
tomorrow morning, Saturday, December 17, the Senate proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 257, H.R. 3630; that the majority leader 
be recognized to offer a Reid-McConnell substitute amendment agreed to 
by both leaders--a 2-month extension of the payroll tax reduction, doc 
fix, and unemployment insurance; that following the reporting of the 
amendment, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the substitute; 
that there be no amendments in order to the substitute or the bill 
prior to the vote; that the amendment be subject to a 60-vote 
threshold; that if the substitute amendment is agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read the third time and passed; that if the Reid-McConnell 
substitute amendment is not agreed to, the majority leader be 
recognized; that upon the disposition of H.R. 3630, the Senate proceed 
to the consideration of the conference report with respect to H.R. 
2055; that there be 15 minutes of debate, 5 minutes each for Senators 
Inouye, Cochran, and McCain; that upon the use or yielding back of 
time, the conference report be temporarily set aside and, 
notwithstanding the lack of receipt of the papers from the House with 
respect to H.R. 3672, the Senate proceed to the consideration en bloc 
of the following items: H.R. 3672, a bill regarding emergency disaster 
funding, and H. Con. Res. 94, a correcting resolution to provide 
offsets for the emergency disaster funding; that there be no amendments 
in order to the bill or the concurrent resolution prior to votes in 
relation to those measures; that following the reporting of the bill 
and the concurrent resolution, the Senate proceed to votes on the 
measures in the following order: passage of H.R. 3672, adoption of H. 
Con. Res. 94, and adoption of the conference report to accompany H.R. 
2055, the Omnibus appropriations bill; that there be 2 minutes equally 
divided prior to each vote; that each of the votes be subject to a 60 
affirmative vote threshold; that no motions or points of order be in 
order prior to the votes other than budget points of order and the 
applicable motions to waive; further, the cloture motion with respect 
to the motion to proceed to H.R. 3630 be vitiated; finally, that the 
House be immediately notified of the Senate's action following the 
votes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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