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Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act—Motion To Proceed

Sen. Harry Reid

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Mr. President, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 301, S.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Nevada, Mr. Reid, moves to consider Calendar No. 301, S. 2038, a bill to prohibit Members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes.

Sen. Harry Reid

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There is a cloture motion at the desk.

The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 301, S. 2038, the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act: Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, Sherrod Brown, Joe Manchin III, Tom Udall, Mark Begich, Herb Kohl, Bill Nelson, Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Patty Murray, Charles E. Schumer.

Sen. Harry Reid

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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call under rule XXII be waived on the cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S. 2038; further, that the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S. 2038 occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 30.

Without objection, it is so ordered.