[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10810]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SMALL BUSINESS JOBS AND TAX RELIEF ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are on the motion to proceed to Calendar 
No. 341, S. 2237; is that true?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.


                             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 debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 341, S. 2237, the Small Business Jobs 
     and Tax Relief Act.
         Harry Reid, Kent Conrad, Tom Harkin, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Jeff Bingaman, Carl Levin, Al Franken, Daniel K. 
           Inouye, Richard J. Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Max 
           Baucus, Charles E. Schumer, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, 
           John D. Rockefeller IV, John F. Kerry.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived; that at 2:15 p.m., Tuesday, July 10, 
there be 10 minutes equally divided between the two leaders or their 
designees prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion 
to proceed to S. 2237.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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