On the recordDecember 23, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that if the House passes and sends to the Senate a bill which is identical to the text which is at the desk, a 2-month extension of the reduced payroll tax, unemployment insurance, TANF, and the Medicare payment fix, the bill be considered read three times and passed; the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record as if read; further, that when the Senate receives a message from the House requesting a conference with respect to H.R. 3630, the Senate agree to the request for a conference and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with a ratio of 4 to 3; that if the House does not act by January 1, 2012, with respect to passage of a bill providing the 2-month extension, the Senate action with respect to a conference on H.R. 3630 be vitiated. THe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
