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On the recordFebruary 17, 2011
Mr. President, I ask to move to the vote. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, and pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will report. The bill 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 Calendar No. 5, S. 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: Harry Reid, John D. Rockefeller IV, Kent Conrad, Bernard Sanders, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patrick J. Leahy, John F. Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Bingaman, Jack Reed, Tom Harkin, Carl Levin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Christopher A. Coons, Claire McCaskill, Richard J. Durbin. 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 S. 223, the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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