vote:

the presiding officer: is there anyone wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 48. the nays are 50. and the motion is not agreed to. ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: mr. president, i have a motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: the senator from michigan, mrs. stabenow, moves that the managers on the part of the senate at the conference -- ms. stabenow: i move suspension of the reading of the motion. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. stabenow: thank you very much. mr. president, i'm making a motion to instruct the conferee.

the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i'm making a motion to instruct the conferees with language at the desk to put in place a guarantee that middle-class families will receive the raises that my republican colleagues are promising them. in other words, for people watching all this, the proof is in your paycheck. this motion would direct the conference committee for this bill to add a provision that would return the corporate tax rate to its current rate if -- if wages do not increase by at least $4,000. the president has said it will. republican colleagues, we saw posters all last week saying at

least $4,000. in fact, we've heard as much as $9,000. this is important for families because corporate profits are already at record highs. wages, mr. president, are at record lows. if people are really going to get $4,000 more in their pocket in wage increases, colleagues across the aisle should be willing to vote for this guarantee. the proof is in the paycheck. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, the united states has the highest corporate tax rate in the industrialized world. we're simply noncompetitive, which is why businesses are moving out of america overseas to lower tax countries. if our colleagues on the other side of the aisle think that's a good idea, then they ought to vote with the distinguished senator from michigan. but we think it's a terrible idea to ship american jobs and american investment overseas. we happen to agree, by the way, with barack obama in

2011, his state of the union message as well as the positions taken by the distinguished ranking member of the senate finance committee, senator wyden, and the democratic leader, senator schumer. we need to get back in the game, become more competitive, and all americans will benefit from that. we urge the conference to maintain the current competitive corporate rate. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second? the clerk will call the roll. vote:

vote:

vote: the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 44. the nays are 54.

the motion is not agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 5:10 p.m. recess: