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Parliamentary procedure can be fun!! If you have a really strange mind.

I used to be on a Parliamentary competition team back in high school. It was fun but Mr. Robert would roll over at the rules under which the Senate uses....

The following is the issue at stake presently.....

COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2007 -- (Senate - June 20, 2007)

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   CLOTURE MOTION
   Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I could do a little bit of business, and I will yield to the distinguished Senator from Delaware.
   I was going to ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. 1639, the immigration legislation, at a time to be determined by the majority leader following consultation with the Republican leader. However, I am advised there would be an objection from the Republican side, so I am not going to ask for that unanimous consent.
   Therefore, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 208, S. 1639, and I send a cloture motion to the desk.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
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   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 motion to proceed to Calendar No. 208, S. 1639, Immigration.
Ted Kennedy, Russell D. Feingold, Daniel K. Inouye, Tom Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Pat Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Ken Salazar, Frank R. Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, Charles Schumer, Ben Nelson, B.A. Mikulski.
   Mr. REID. I now ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum required under rule XXII be waived, and I therefore withdraw the motion.
   The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.