Senate Proceeding on Nov 1st, 2011 :: 2:23:30 to 2:34:25
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Speech By: Patrick Leahy

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Herb Kohl: quorum call:

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Herb Kohl: mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the

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Patrick Leahy: majority leader. mr. reid: is the senate now having a quorum call? the presiding officer: it is. mr. reid: i ask consent that be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 213, s. 1769. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from

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Patrick Leahy: nevada, mr. reid, moves to proceed to s. 1769 put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing america. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: clotu wet theth the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing ruled of the senate,

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Patrick Leahy: hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 213, s. 1769, a bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing america. signed by 18 senators as follows. reid of nevada -- mr. reid: mr. president unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum

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Patrick Leahy: under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm hopeful we won't have to have a vote on this matter. this is to protect us so that if we can't work something out, that we will have a vote thursday morning. i hope that we can work something out to have a vote on this most important measure, very important, a piece of legislation that an entire population of america supports

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Patrick Leahy: by a ratio of some 6%. republicans support it, democrats support it, independents support t. the only support it. the only people in the world that don't support it are the republicans in the senate. so i hope we can work something out and it would be unnecessary for us to or try to have cloture voacd. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive

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Patrick Leahy: session to consider numbers 412 and 414 you can the motions to be considered en bloc, the motions to proceed be considered made and laid on the table, no further motions be in order to any of the nominations and any statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the senate proceed to s. res. 308.

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Patrick Leahy: the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 308, designating november 27, 2011, as drive safer sunday. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion on the table. the presiding officer: without

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Patrick Leahy: objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, november 2. that following the prayer and the pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for later in the day. following any leader remarks,

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Patrick Leahy: the be -- the senate be in a period of morning business for one hour, with the time controlled by the leaders or designees with the democrats controlling the first half and the republicans the final half. finally, the senate resume consideration of the rebuild america jobs act. we're going to come in, it's my understand, mr. president, at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow morning.