I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture Motion We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the Reed amendment No. 4549 to the McCain amendment No. 4229 to S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act. Harry Reid, Jack Reed, Richard J. Durbin, Michael F. Bennet, Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Richard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Al Franken, Gary C. Peters, Bill Nelson, Barbara Boxer, Robert Menendez, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar, Barbara A. Mikulski. 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 amendment No. 4549, offered by the Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. Reed, to amendment No. 4229 to S. 2943, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
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