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On the recordJuly 22, 2010
I ask unanimous consent that at 8 o'clock tonight, the Senate proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on amendment No. 4500; and that if cloture is invoked, notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate then proceed to the House message to accompany H.R. 4899, as provided in this order; that if cloture is not invoked, the majority leader then be recognized to enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked; and the cloture motion on the substitute amendment and the bill be withdrawn; further, that the Senate proceed to the House message regarding H.R. 4899, supplemental disaster relief/ summer jobs; that the Senate move to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill; and vote immediately on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill; that if cloture is invoked, then the Senate proceed as provided under rule XXII; that if cloture is not invoked, then the motion to concur be withdrawn, and the Senate then move to disagree to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill, and that the motion to disagree be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that no further amendments or motions be in order to the House message to accompany H.R.…
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