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On the recordDecember 16, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning, Saturday, December 17, the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 257, H.R. 3630; that the majority leader be recognized to offer a Reid-McConnell substitute amendment agreed to by both leaders--a 2-month extension of the payroll tax reduction, doc fix, and unemployment insurance; that following the reporting of the amendment, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the substitute; that there be no amendments in order to the substitute or the bill prior to the vote; that the amendment be subject to a 60-vote threshold; that if the substitute amendment is agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read the third time and passed; that if the Reid-McConnell substitute amendment is not agreed to, the majority leader be recognized; that upon the disposition of H.R. 3630, the Senate proceed to the consideration of the conference report with respect to H.R. 2055; that there be 15 minutes of debate, 5 minutes each for Senators Inouye, Cochran, and McCain; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the conference report be temporarily set aside and, notwithstanding the lack of receipt of the papers from the House with respect to H.R. 3672, the Senate proceed to the consideration en bloc of the following items: H.R. 3672, a bill regarding emergency disaster funding, and H. Con. Res.…
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 16, 2011

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