Vote vote the presiding officer the yeas are 50, the nays are 44. The confirmation is the nomination is cost. The motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table is slade and the president will be pleadly notified of the senates action. The clerk 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 executive calendar number 736, andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waive add. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that the Senate Debate on the nomination of andre b. Mathis of tennessee to be United States circuit judge for the sixth circuit shall be brought at that close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk