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Day May 22, 2012

Senate Floor Wrap Up for Tuesday, May 22, 2012

No ROLL CALL VOTES   LEGISLATIVE ITEMS Began the Rule 14 process of S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act. (Mikulski and others) Began the Rule 14 process of S.3221, the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act. (Rubio and others)   No EXECUTIVE ITEMS

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Reid Statement On CBO Report

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement on a Congressional Budget Office report released today: “We could avoid the so-called fiscal cliff tomorrow if Republicans would agree to extend the middle class tax cuts, which would provide certainty to millions of families and give us ample time to deal with…

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No more votes

There will be no roll call votes during Tuesday’s session of the Senate.

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Adoption of motion to proceed delayed until 11:00am Wednesday, May 23

By consent, Senator Reid has delayed the execution of the order to adopt the motion to proceed to S.3187, the FDA bill, until 11:00am tomorrow, Wednesday, May 23.

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Adopt motion to proceed to S.2187, FDA, at 4:00pm today

The previous order to adopt the motion to proceed S.3187, the FDA bill, at 2:15pm has been delayed until 4pm, with all other provisions under the previous order remaining in effect at that time.

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Reid: Bill To Enable Better Communication Between Manufacturers, FDA Will Prevent Drug Shortages And Save Lives

Washington, D.C. – Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor today regarding legislation to help the FDA prevent shortages of life-saving medicines. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Twelve million people in the United States today have faced a cancer diagnosis. Many have fought back against this terrible disease and won.…

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Objection to S.577, a bill to eliminate the child tax credit for U.S. citizen children of immigrant parents.

Senator Vitter asked unanimous consent that the Senate take up and pass S.577, a bill to eliminate the child tax credit for U.S. citizen children of immigrant parents. Senator Reid objected.   Below you will find the unofficial transcript of Senator Reid’s response to Senator Vitter.

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Senate Floor Schedule for Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Convenes: 10:00am Following the prayer and pledge, the Majority Leader will be recognized.  It is his intention to resume consideration of the motion to proceed to Calendar #400, S.3187, the FDA user fees legislation. Following the remarks of the Majority Leader and the Republican Leader, the first hour will be equally divided and controlled between…

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