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 melvin l. watt to be director of the federal housing agency signed by 18 senators. the vice president: by unanimous consent, the manned fishery quorum call has been waived. the question is, is there a sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of melvin l. watt of north carolina to be director of the federal housing finance agency for a term of five years shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays have been o ordered under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the vice president: anyone in the chamber wishing to change their vote? the vote on this are 56 yeas, 42 nays. three-fifths of the senate duly chosen added sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. mr. reid: mr. president? the vice president: the jarl. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent to invoke cloture on the watt nomination. the vice president: the motion is entered. t

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 alan f. estevez of the district of columbia to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense 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 alan f. estevez of the district of columbia to be principal deputy undersecretary of defense 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: any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? if not, on this vote the ayes are 91. the nays are 8. three-fifths of the senate duly chosen and sworn have voted in the aif i were alternative, and the -- in the affirmative and the motion is agreed to. pursuant to the provisions of s*plt resolution 15 of the 113th congress there will be up to eight hours of postcloture consideration of t

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 184, s. 815, a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived in this instance. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i also ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to car calendr number 357. mr. president, i ask that this nomination be confirmed en blo bloc, -- mr. reid: mr. president, let me start over. i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 357, that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motion be in order, any r

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 no nomination of richard f. griffin jr. of the district of columbia, to be general counsel of the national labor relations board. 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 senate that the debate on richard f. griffi griffin jr. oe district of columbia to be general counsel of the national labor relations board, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, on this vote the yeas are 62, the nays are 37. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. pursuant to senate resolution 15 of the 113th congress there will now be eight hours of debate on the nomination equally divided in the usua

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 s. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligation of the united states government until december 31, 2014. signed by 17 senators as follo follows -- reid of nevada, baucus, murray, schumer, durbin, mikulski, whitehouse, udall of colorado, nelson, boxer, tester, schatz, cardin, gillibrand, cantwell, kaine and warren. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to pay period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 199. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 199, s. 1276, a bill to increase oversight of the revolving fund of the office of pe

the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on h.r. 2775 as amended, signed by 16 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, durbin, murray, boxer, leahy, whitehouse, stabenow, bennet, rockefeller, tester, reed of rhode island, warner, kaine, cardin, schumer and coons. the president pro tempore: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate the debate on h.r. 2775 as amended shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory. under the rule, the clerk will call the roll. vote: >> there are two votes on the senate floor, this is the vote on cloture which would -- on the bill that would reopen the government through january 15 and extend the debt ceiling thru february 7. s the plan agreed to by senate negotiators and announced on the senate floor earlier today by majority leader harry reid and commented upon by the republican leader, senator mitch mcconnell. doing something different here on c-span, carrying

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 s. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the united states government until december 31, 2014. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to s. 1569, a bill to ensure the complete and timely payment of the obligations of the united states government until december 31, 2014, 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: vote: vote: vote: mr. reid: i would like to change my vote to "no." it was recorded "yes". mr. baucus: mr. president, the senate is not in order. mr. reid: mr. president, was i originally recorded as "yes"? the presiding officer: the majority leader. yes. mr. reid: the record should reflect i've changed that to "no." the

cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance -- mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate now go into morning business and senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider nominations of cag der number -- calendar number 248, 331, 332, 333, 342, 345, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 360, 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 370, 248, 331, 332, 333, 342, 345, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 360, 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 369, 370, 373, 374, 375, 376. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, that no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order to any of the nominations, that any related statements be printed in the record, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without

the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of patricia ann millett of virginia to be district judge for the united states circuit of virginia. signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask the mandatorytory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presidingthe presiding offik will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the cloture vote scheduled at 5:30 p.m. be

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 nomination of katherine archuleta of colorado to be director of the office of personnel management, 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 katherine archuleta of colorado to be director of the office of personnel management 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 change their vote? on this vote, the yeas are 81, the nays are 18. three-fifths of the senators dual chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: office of personnel management, katherine archuleta of colorado to be director. the presiding officer: pursuant to th

the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on h.r. 2775 as amended, signed by 16 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, durbin, murray, boxer, leahy, whitehouse, stabenow, bennet, rockefeller, tester, reed of rhode island, warner, kaine, cardin, schumer and coons. the president pro tempore: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate the debate on h.r. 2775 as amended shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory. under the rule, the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the president pro tempore: there will be order, please. on this vote the yeas are 83, the nays are 16. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, -- under the previous order, cloture having been invoked, all time is yielded back, the clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 193, h.r. 2775, an a