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Jack Reed: I send a motion to instruct conferees to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2006
I send a motion to instruct conferees to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The bill clerk read as follows: Mr. Reed moves that the managers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the 2 Houses on the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 4297 (to provide for reconciliation pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95)) be instructed to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report of the funding to strengthen America's military contained in title VI of the Senate amendment instead of any extension of the tax cuts for capital gains and dividends, which does not expire until 2009, contained in section 203 of the bill as passed by the House of Representatives.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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