the clerk: nominations, national labor relations board, nancy jean shiffer of maryland to be a member, mark gaston pearce of new york to be a member, harry i. johnson iii of virginia to be a member, philip andrew miscimarra of illinois to be a member. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: 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 nancy jean shiffer of maryland to be a member of the national labor relations board, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the schiffer nomination. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: i ask consent that time be yielded back. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the