the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote sph if not, the ayes are 66, the nays are 29. the motion to invoke cloture is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, department of state, barbara a. leaf of virginia to be ambassador extraordinary plenprotensionry of the united states to the united arab emrates. theodore g. osius iii of maryland to be ambassador extraordinary to the republic of vietnam. erica j. barks ruggles of minute to be ambassador extraordinary to the republic o

eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia. mr. reid: there is a cloture motion i ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed please say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i withdraw my motion to proceed to s. 2609. the presiding officer: the m

eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the abrams nomination. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, i would yield my time to the two senators from georgia. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, i'll split that time with senator chambliss from georgia. the presiding officer:. the the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. senators please take your conversations out into the hallway. mr. isakson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: on behalf of the people gave --. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, the next three votes will be three judges for the state of georgia. story chambliss, has done an outstanding job of leading our judiciary committee