Political Quotes

“What is the question before the Senate? Amendment No. 3336, as Amended The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on the Baucus substitute, No. 3336, as amended. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The substitute amendment (No. 3336), as amended, was agreed to. Cloture Motion The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Pursuant to rule XXII,the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. 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 H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009. Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Richard Durbin, Roland W. Burris, Kent Conrad, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Robert Menendez, Daniel K. Inouye, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jon Tester, Bill Nelson, Charles E. Schumer, Kay R. Hagan, Sheldon Whitehouse, Tom Harkin. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on H.R. 4213, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes, shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.”