Will report the motion to invoke cloture. 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 troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security, 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 troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security 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 in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 62, the nays are 31. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of
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What is important is that leading u. S. Senators were siding with the end the war faction. They were doing it in a very cool and calm and rational and thoughtful way. This was a very Important Movement for the Antiwar Movement. You had not seen this before. What is your impression . Your first reaction to the tone of this thing . It is a very serious piece. , theyare very earnest men are both republicans and democrats, moderate and liberal. People who come to the conclusion that United States should not be fighting in this war. They are trying to use the legislative branch to bring the war to an end. Creating a bit of a constitutional clash with the president of the United States. Those are all very prominent. I knew them and work with them. They look much younger in these pictures. They are really earnest about what they are saying. They had to fight to get that Television Program in the first place. They made the most of it. Article one, section eight of the constitution reads as fol