Quorum call quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Mr. Schatz mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vacated. The presiding officer without objection. The question is on the watt nomination. Mr. Schatz i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The clerk will call the roll. Quorumquorum vote . Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 57, the nays are 41. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid could we have order in the senate . The presiding officer the senate will be in order. Mr. Reid mr. President , that last vote took 30 minutes. We are not going to wait around for senators to come. Were going to start cutting off the votes. Democrats, republicans, independents, everybody we cant do this. We have a lot of work to do. So its unfair to everyone that gets here on time. So were going to start cutting off the votes in 20 minutes. And i advise the floor staff, that in fact is the case. Were not going to be waiting for people. Its wrong. Its unfair. I now move to proceed i now the presiding officer the senate will be in order. The majority leader. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not i invod on the pillard nomination. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote . The presiding officer are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44. The motion is approved. The presiding officer the senate will be in order. The majority leader. [inaudible] i move to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the pillard nomination. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to reconsider. A senator ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . On this vote, the ayes are 54, the nays are 44. The motion to reconsider is agreed to. The question is on the motion to invoke cloture on the pillard nomination upon reconsideration. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in in accordance with rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the nomination of cornelia t. L. Pillard of the district of columbia to be United States district judge for the district of columbia be circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum under rule 22 has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of cornelia t. L. Pillard of the district of columbia to be United States circuit judge for the district of columbia circuit shall be brought to a close upon reconsideration. The yeas and nays are mandatorye mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote