[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 68 (Tuesday, May 17, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S3040]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to the 
nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read 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 the nomination of 
     Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge 
     for the Ninth Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Charles E. Schumer, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Daniel K. Akaka, Al Franken, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Dianne Feinstein, Jeff 
           Merkley, Christopher A. Coons, Mark Begich, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed, Debbie Stabenow, 
           Sherrod Brown.

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

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