I now move to proceed to the bill. I send a cloture motion to the desk. CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant 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 motion to proceed to S. 2454, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other purposes. Bill Frist, Craig Thomas, John Cornyn, Johnny Isakson, Jim Bunning, Mel Martinez, Saxby Chambliss, Charles E. Grassley, Elizabeth Dole, Christopher S. Bond, Judd Gregg, Chuck Hagel, Lisa Murkowski, Richard Burr, Conrad Burns, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mitch McConnell.
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