[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 29 (Thursday, February 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S2015]
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    EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON IRAQ--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to calendar No. 25, S. 
574, a bill to express the sense of the Congress on Iraq, and I send a 
cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to 
     proceed to S. 574, a bill to express the sense of Congress on 
     Iraq.
         Ben Nelson, Russell D. Feingold, Ben Cardin, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., Byron L. Dorgan, Amy Klobuchar, Daniel K. 
           Akaka, Maria Cantwell, John Kerry, Ken Salazar, Jack 
           Reed, Chuck Schumer, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Dick 
           Durbin, Tom Harkin, Jay Rockefeller, Harry Reid.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the live quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I announce that we will have the cloture 
vote on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. As I always said, I would keep the vote 
open if it appeared there were problems that Senators were having in 
advance of the vote. I have heard from Senators on both sides of the 
aisle that there is no time that meets everyone's expectations. So what 
we would do to try to handle as many people as possible, we will start 
the vote at 1:45, and we will act as if it starts at 2 o'clock and 
terminate the vote at 2:20. I hope that meets with everyone's problems 
as far as transportation and getting to and from here.
  So on Saturday, because I think these are extraordinary 
circumstances, we will make sure that as many people are protected as 
possible.

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