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 on the committee-reported substitute amendment to s. 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president i send another cloture motion to the desk for the bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we the suedes up undersigned senators in accordance with rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close on s. 1785 a bill to provide for the justice for victims of trafficking signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading of the names be dispense with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the mandatory quorum calls with respect to these motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the first-degree f

the clerk: we the we, the undersigned senators in in accordance with the provisions of rule it 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the substitute amendment to s. 178 a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent the mandatory quorum has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of sense of the senate that debate on the amendment to ints 178 a bill to provide justice for victims of trafficking 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 senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not on this vote, the yeas are 55, the nays are 42. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to -- not having voted in the affirmative. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader of the senate. mr. mcconnell: the senate's not in order. the pres

they can develop undersigned -- climb to seeing -- secret facilities. have to have permission from the iranians. they are unsatisfied with the inspection regime in place. if the deal expires, the decision to have a bomb would be an iranian decision. >> the challenge here is what rate is describing -- ray is describing is a iran that can reach threshold capacity and sneak across the line to read the question is whether there is a way to avoid it. iran was driving there before the negotiations begin. in 2013. we have halted that, for now. at some point, in some manner without negotiations, they will be going down that road anyway. it is a heavy burden on the obama demonstration that the best they can achieve is to slow down the timeline for iran to be a threshold that their state. i don't see any alternative that pulls them back. except the hypothesis that more pressure will do what all the pressure so far has not. >> is there an alternative we are missing? >> the critics in the proponents are not that far apart. if the administration dealt with one aspec

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 committee-reported substitute amendment to s. 178, a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking signed by 17 senators --. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk for the bill. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. 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 s. 178 a bill to provide justice for the victims of trafficking, signed by 17 senators as follows --. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the mandatory quorum calls with respect to these cloture motions be waived. the presiding officer: without objection.

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 the debate on the motion to proceed to s. 625 a bill to provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to iran's nuclear program signed by 17 senators as follows --. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 the cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 625 occur one hour after the senate convenes on tuesday march 10. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: yesterday the prime minister of israel shared with the congress and the american people his perspective regarding israel's national security interest and the threat the radical regime in tehran poses to stability in the greater middle east. the prime minister explained late

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 motion to insist upon the senate amendment agree to the request by the house for a conference and authorize the presiding officer to appoint conferees with respect to h.r. 240 signed by 17 senators. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading of the signatures be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the monk under the provisions of rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you madam president. madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you madam president. madam president, during the 2012 presidential campaign, president obama made a claim and the cl