`[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6501-S6502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk as it 
relates to H.J. Res. 117.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (H.J. Res. 117) making continuing 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 2844

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2844.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This joint resolution shall become effective 5 days after 
     enactment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2845 to Amendment No. 2844

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2845 to amendment No. 2844.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``5 days'' and insert ``4 days''.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion which I ask the 
clerk to report with the permission of the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill 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 H.J. Res. 117, 
     a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Daniel K. Inouye, Patty Murray, Bernard 
           Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Debbie Stabenow, Max Baucus, Mark L. Pryor, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Jon Tester, Michael F. Bennet,

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           Kay R. Hagan, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Richard Blumenthal, 
           Ron Wyden, Barbara Boxer.


                Motion To Commit With Amendment No. 2846

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a motion to commit the joint 
resolution with instructions, which is at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to commit the 
     joint resolution, H.J. Res. 117, to the Committee on 
     Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith 
     with the instructions, amendment numbered 2846.

  The amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following new section:

     SEC. ___.

       This joint resolution shall become effective 3 days after 
     enactment.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                           Amendment No. 2847

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have an amendment to the instructions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2847 to the Instructions on the Motion to Commit.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``2 days''.

  Mr. REID. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.


                Amendment No. 2848 to Amendment No. 2847

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now have a second-degree amendment at the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 2848 to amendment No. 2847.

  The amendment is as follows:

       In the amendment, strike ``2 days'' and insert ``1 day''.

       

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