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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been filed under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on Treaties Calendar 
     No. 7, Treaty Document No. 111-5, the START treaty.
         Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, John D. Rockefeller, IV, 
           Byron L. Dorgan, John F. Kerry, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Mark L. Pryor, Jack Reed, Robert Menendez, Mark Begich, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Kent Conrad, Bill Nelson, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Patty Murray, Barbara A. Mikulski, 
           Christopher J. Dodd, Richard G. Lugar.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that the mandatory quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.