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On the recordFebruary 7, 2012
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 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 the debate on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 311, S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes: Barbara Boxer, Max Baucus, Mark L. Pryor, John D. Rockefeller IV, Benjamin L. Cardin, Al Franken, Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Bernard Sanders, Patrick J. Leahy, Tom Udall, Frank R. Lautenberg, Richard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Richard J. Durbin, Harry Reid.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Feb 7, 2012

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