the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, karen gren scholer of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas. mr. durbin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the assistant democratic leader. mr. durbin: is the senate in quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is not in quorum call. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. i ask consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: mr. president, today is the day. march 5, the deadline imposed by president trump on those who are being protected and allowed to stay in the united states under the daca program. it was last september 5 when president trump held a press conference. the attorney general backed him up and said that's it. the protection that is currently given to 780,000 young people in america allowing them to stay in this country and pursue their dreams will end on march 5 of 2018. today. 780,000 who were brought to the united states as infant, toddlers, children, and teenagers who've lived their lives in this country, gone to school, never had a s

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of karen gren scholer of texas to be united states district judge for the northern district of texas 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 wishing to change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 96. the nays are 1. and the nomination -- and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of tilman eugene self iii of georgia to be united states district judge for the middle district of georgia, 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 debate on the nomination of tilman eugene sel