Reid sets up September votes on small-business bill

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/112999-reid-sets-up-september-votes-on-small-business-bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shrugged off repeated failures and filed a procedural move late Thursday night to return to a small business lending bill in September.

Just before adjourning at 10:02 p.m., Reid filed a series of cloture motions to set up votes on the small business bill on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Reid withdrew all pending amendments, reoffered a substitute and moved to block any further amendments.

Reid set up procedural votes on an amendment by Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) that would loosen a paperwork requirement for businesses, plus another vote on a similar amendment by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and finally a procedural vote on the bill itself.

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Reid also agreed to GOP demands late Thursday and removed agricultural disaster aid from the bill.