[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 164 (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14858-S14859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, 
to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation.


                            Cloture Motions

  Mr. FRIST. This nomination was reported by the Agriculture Committee 
on June 18. We have been unable to reach a consent on its 
consideration. Therefore, I send two cloture motions to the desk and 
ask they be reported consecutively.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motions having been presented 
under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motions.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the

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     Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a 
     close debate on Executive Calendar No. 237, the nomination of 
     Thomas Dorr to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
     Development:
         Bill Frist, Thad Cochran, Saxby Chambliss, Rick Santorum, 
           Norm Coleman, Craig Thomas, Jeff Sessions, Pat Roberts, 
           Kay Bailey Hutchison, George V. Voinovich, Charles 
           Grassley, Wayne Allard, Michael B. Enzi, Elizabeth 
           Dole, John E. Sununu, Sam Brownback, John Warner.

                             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 Executive 
     Calendar No. 238, the nomination of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, 
     to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation:
         Bill Frist, Thad Cochran, Norm Coleman, Charles Grassley, 
           Wayne Allard, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Mitch 
           McConnell, John Cornyn, Lamar Alexander, Larry Craig, 
           Richard G. Lugar, Peter Fitzgerald, George Allen, Don 
           Nickles, John Ensign, James M. Inhofe.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 
XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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