From Hot Air:

Senate votes for cloture on amnesty bill, 69-23
posted at 7:00 pm on May 21, 2007 by Allahpundit

That means debate on the motion to proceed is over and debate on the bill itself can begin. Why do that when most senators haven’t even read the bill yet? Because, silly, they want to get it passed before people realize what’s in it and fully how awful it is. Like Captain Ed says, they waited 21 years to do something about illegal immigration — and now they can’t wait three weeks more? Flagrantly, arrogantly antidemocratic; in Jeff Sessions’s words, “a railroad job.”

Sen. Corker votes with the conservatives on this one–like Sen. Sessions and Sen. Coburn and Cornyn. (Full roll call is here.)

NAYs —23
Allard (R-CO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bunning (R-KY)
Byrd (D-WV)
Coburn (R-OK)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Enzi (R-WY)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sanders (I-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Sununu (R-NH)
Tester (D-MT)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)

That leaves Senator Alexander on the other side with Senators Kennedy, Graham, and other bill adovocates. His office stated on Thursday that it would take awhile to look at the very long bill but now it appears he’s ready to debate. He’s moving quickly.

Steve Gill will be interviewing Senator Alexander first thing in the morning at 9:30 am EST. Be sure to tune in.