the clerk: federal energy regulatory commission, colette dodson honorable of arkansas to be a member. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm going to submit to the body a unanimous consent request in just a minute. however, i want everyone to understand we're trying 0 our utmost to have a pathway that we can move along here. we don't have that done yet. we're working on that. we have a lot of work still to do. i would note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: if everyone would just be patient, i'm trying to be as patient as i can be, as is the republican leader. i ask unanimous consent that not withstanding cloture having been invoked the senate resume legislative session and the senate then proceed to consideration of calendar number 627, h.r. 5771 which is the tax extenders legislation. that there be 30 minutes debate equa