the second of which, we, the undersigned are members is the energy independence advisory pafpblet asy organizations and businesses connected to the property, buildings and energy industries, we have focused on energy use, particularly natural gas use in buildings, and energy efficiency in green buildings. our main discussion was the need for discussion among stakeholders in the economy, academics, building scientists, tenants, policymakers, and property owners and managers. inceased access to the latest research and information about energy efficiency and green building and the financial benefits would boost the energy efficiency sector through more effective green and social marketing and the creation of a critical mass of awareness. we are committed to working with the city to foster this type of communications. our recommendation is that the city establish a quarterly information exchange to be managed by the department of the environment. by collating requests from parties across the building sectors for relevant scientific data to support the marketing and implementation of ener

"i thomas yoke, the undersigned, entirely voluntarily without any reservation, external persuasion, pressured after prolonged and thorough deliberation hereby consent to the following medical procedure of my own choosing. and that you have chosen direct injection or what they call active euthanasia. to be administered by a competent medical professional in order to end with certainty my intolerable and hopelessly incurable suffering. did you understand all that? >> reporter: tom signed the statement and thought he was about to die. but dr. de vorkian wanted to postpone it to give tom more time to think it over. >> you're sure you've thought about this very well. you don't want to wait another month or so? you want to wait a week? how about two weeks? two weeks? one week? can you wait one week? all right. we'll stretch it out one week, okay? let's not hurry into this. >> but i got a call the next night from his brother saying tom wants it now. and i couldn't say, well, no, i'm going to make you wait a week. >> reporter: what was happening? >> he was just terrified. he felt very afraid of chok

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 debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 88, s.j. res. 20, a joint resolution authorizing limited use of the united states armed forces in support of the nato mission in libya, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i'd ask consent the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the vote on the motion to invoke cloture occur at 5:00 p.m. on tuesday, july 5 and the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 11:00 a.m. on friday, july 1 for pro forma session only with no business conducted. when the senate adjourns on friday, july 1 it stand adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on tuesday, july 5. following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired,

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 debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 38, s. 782, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965 to reauthorize that act and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators as follows. reid of nevada, boxer, conrad, kerry, whitehouse, klobuchar, cardin, binge minimum -- bingaman, merkley, menendez, shaheen, sanders, lautenberg, reed of rhode island, durbin, akaka. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 10:30 a.m. on tuesday, june 7. following the prayer and pledge the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for use later in the day. following leader remarks, senate proceed to a period of morning business for up to one hour with se

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 75, s. 679, the presidential appoint efficiency and streamlining act of 2011, signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask consent that the names not be read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm disappointed that we had to file cloture again. i would hope, though, in the ensuing days that the republicans on the other side will just let us get on this bill. this is a bill that senator mcconnell and i started working on when we were both whips many years ago. the purpose of the bill is to eliminate the need to have all these nominations, these relatively minor posts confirmed by the senate. and the work done by the chairman and ranking member of the budget committee, senator schumer and senator alexander has been exemplary. we now will have, when this legislation passes -- and i really think it will pass, even if w

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 pending amendment number 436, to s. 782, singed 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 amendment number 436 as modified offered by the senator from oklahoma, mr. coburn, to s. 782, the economic development revitalization act of 2011, 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 senators wishing to change their vote? if not, on this, the yeas are 40, the nays are 59. 3/5 of the senate duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. rubio: thank you, mr. president. i have the honor of representing the great people of the state of florida, and i'm

this was dated march 30, mind you -- we the undersigned members rank to request the united states house of representatives immediately take steps to hold a debate and floor vote on the president's authority to continue the use of military force in libya. we fight the constitution, article 1, section 8. we go on to say that the united states has now been engaged militarily in libya since march 19, 2001. while we firmly believe that a robust debate and an up or down vote should have occurred in advance to the military action in libya, it is without question that such measures are still urgently required. beyond congressional authorities in these matters, these deliberations are essential to ensuring that we as a country fully debate and understand the strategic goals, costs and long-term consequences of military action in libya. that's one paragraph of this sentence. now, madam speaker, over 60 days since our letter, the speaker has suddenly hastily scheduled a resolution in a resolution that does nothing but politicize in an extremely serious and what should be a nonpartisan issue. the w

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 s. 782, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965, to reauthorize that act, and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, boxer, lautenberg, carper, brown of ohio, whitehouse, casey, coons, tester, cardin, udall of new mexico, shaheen, stabenow, murray, conrad, durbin and manchin. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to calendar number 75, s. 679, the efficiency and streamlining act. the presiding officer: the motion to proceed is now pending. mr. reid: madam president, i want to say a word before i leave the floor to -- to and about my friend, the senator from california. as i've indicated, chair of this most important committee, the environment and public works which i had the good fortune of chairing on two separate occasions. she has been tireless in bringing legislation to this floor and attempting to. she has been talking about this bill for months about how good it is, and

this was dated march 30, mind you -- we the undersigned members rank to request the united states house of representatives immediately take steps to hold a debate and floor vote on the president's authority to continue the use of military force in libya. we fight the constitution, article 1, section 8. we go on to say that the united states has now been engaged militarily in libya since march 19, 2001. while we firmly believe that a robust debate and an up or down vote should have occurred in advance to the military action in libya, it is without question that sucheasures are still urgently required. beyond congressional authorities in these matters, these deliberations are essential to ensuring that we as a country fully debate and understand the strategic goals, costs and long-term consequences of military action in libya. that's one paragraph of this sentence. now, madam speaker, over 60 days since our letter, the speaker has suddenly hastily scheduled a resolution in a resolution that does nothing but politicize in an extremely serious and what should be a nonpartisan issue. the war

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 pending amendment number 436 as modified to s. 782, signed by 17 senators as follows: coburn, demint, mccain, burr, vitter, ensign, ayotte -- mr. coburn: i ask that the reading of the names be waived. mr. merkley: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the clerk: enzi, risch, inhof inhofe -- the clerk: risch; inhofe, corker, enzi, isakson, barrasso, alexander, cornyn, sessions, brown of massachusetts. mr. coburn: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma has the floor. mr. coburn: i ask the -- my colleague, my senior senator from oklahoma, highway don't think is on the floor -- who i don't think is on the floor right now to allow senator brown to bring up an amendment. i would yield to him at this time. mr. brown: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts is recognized. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i thank the gentleman that

the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rulesf the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on s. 782, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965, to reauthorize that act, and for other purposes, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory kwourb has been waived -- the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on s. 782, a bill to amend the public works and economic development act of 1965, to reauthorize that act, and for other purposes shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: