the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of douglas l. rayes, arizona, to be the united states district judge for the district of arizona shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

the clerk: douglas l. rayes of arizona to be united states district judge. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the closings. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of douglas l. rayes of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. signed by -- mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names not be necessary. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 2 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all thoofd say nay -- all those opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: thank you, mr. president. i move to consider calendar n

the clerk: douglas l. rayes of arizona to be u.s. district judge for the district of arizona. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided. a senator: yield back. the presiding officer: without objection, all time is yielded back. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of james alan soto of arizona to be united states district judge for the district of arizona. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of james alan soto of arizona to be the united states district judge for the district of arizona, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and the nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any