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On the recordJuly 29, 2011
I have a cloture motion which is 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 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 the Reid motion to concur in the House amendment to S. 627, with amendment No. 589. Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Barbara Boxer, Carl Levin, Tom Harkin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark R. Warner, Patty Murray, Christopher A. Coons, Richard Blumenthal, Sherrod Brown (OH), Kent Conrad, Mark Begich, John F. Kerry, Debbie Stabenow. Amendment No. 590 to Amendment No. 589
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Jul 29, 2011

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