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 motion to proceed to calendar number 71, s. 1023, the travel promotion act of 2009, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call is waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed on s. 1023, the travel promotion act of 2009, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote:

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 the debate on the nomination of harold hongju koh of connecticut to be legal advisor of the department of state. signed by 18 senators as follows: reid, pryor, whitehouse, inouye, feingold, dodd, burris, durbin, murray, tester, udall of colorado, klobuchar, reed of rhode island, baucus, merkley, lincoln, cantwell, dorgan. mr. reid: i ask that the mandatory quorum be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. reid: i ask the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask now that we proceed to a period of monk business, senators allowed to speak -- of morning business, senators allowed to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, let me just say a brief word on the cloture that was not invoked on the travel bill. i hope that everyone understands what obstructionism is. this is obstructionism at its b

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 the debate on s. 1023, the travel promotion act of 2009. signed by 17 senators as follo follows -- mr. reid: i would ask further reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now have a motion to recommit with instructions that are -- that motion is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, news of recommit the bill to the committee on commerce, science, and transportation to report back forthwith with an amendment numbered 1351. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays on that motion. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a first-degree amendment to the instructions. that amendment is at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment numbered 1352 to amendment number 1351. mr. reid: i

the clerk: clotur cloture motio: 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 motion to proceed to calendar number 71, s. 1023, the travel promotion act of 2009. signed by 17 senators as follows: -- mr. reid: mr. president, i ask consent that the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that on tuesday june 16, following a period of morning, the senate resume to the motion to proceed to s. 1023 and there be one hour of debate. the motion to proceed with the time equally divided and controlled between the leaders or designees, upon the use yielding back of that time the senate proceed to conscious to -- to -- on the motion to invoke cloture. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. dorgan: mr. president, the piece of legislation that was just described by my colleague, the travel promotion act, is a piece of legisl

the clerk: cloture motion: 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 dodd substitute amendment number 1247, to calendar number 47, h.r. 1256, family smoking prevention family act. mr. reid: i ask consent that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now, madam president, send a cloture petition to the desk. and this is on the bill itself. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: 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 calendar number 47, h.r. 125, family smoking prevention and tobacco control act signed by 17 senators as follows: reid, dodd -- mr. reid: madam president, i would ask the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid:

the clerk: cloture motion: 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 harold koh of connecticut to be legal adviser of the department of state signed by 18 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the that the senate debate on the nomination of harold koh of the connecticut to be legal adviser of the state department 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: any senator wanting to vote or change their vote? seeing or hearing none, on this vote the yeas are 65. the nays are 31. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn have voted in the affirmative. the motion is agreed to. no applause from the gallery is allowed. mr. chambliss: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. chambliss: i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to s

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 the debate on the dorgan amendment number 1347 to s. 1023, the travel promotion act of 2009. signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. reid: mr. president, i would ask consent that further reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: but die ask for the yeas and -- but i do ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have a second-degree amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, proposes an amendment numbered 1348 to amendment numbered 1347. at the end of the amendment -- supply reid: i ask further reading of the amendment be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i now call up my amendment to the language proposed to be stricken and ask for its consideration. the presiding