[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       21ST CENTURY POSTAL SERVICE ACT OF 2011--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to calendar No. 296, S. 
1789.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1789) to improve, sustain, and transform the 
     United States Postal Service.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 bill 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 the debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 296, S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal 
     Service Act.
         Harry Reid, Thomas R. Carper, Sherrod Brown, Mark Begich, 
           Bill Nelson, Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Christopher A. Coons, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Joseph 
           I. Lieberman, Patty Murray, Charles E. Schumer, Mark L. 
           Pryor.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is an extremely important bill, the 
postal reform legislation, that we have been waiting to get to for a 
long time.
  I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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