the clerk: nominations, the judiciary, leslie joyce abrams of georgia --. the presiding officer: the sergeant at arms will restore order. order in the gallery. [disruption in gallery] the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, the judiciary, leslie joyce abrams of georgia to be united states district judge. mark howard cohen of georgia to be united states district judge. 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

the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of leslie joyce abrams of georgia to be united states district judge for the middle 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: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senator in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? the presiding officer: if not, the ayes are 68, the nays are 28. cloture is invoked. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the cohen nomination. aw[inaudible] the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. [inaudible] the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk -- 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 ofly standing rules of the senate, move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of mark howard cohen to the dis