[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 40 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1569-S1570]
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                            CLOTURE MOTIONS

       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 
     Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
         Harry Reid, Joe Manchin III, Sherrod Brown, Tom Udall, 
           Patty Murray, Mark Begich, Herb Kohl, Bill Nelson, 
           Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Joseph I. Lieberman, Charles E. Schumer.
                                  ____

       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 
     David Nuffer, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for 
     the District of Utah.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Michael Walter Fitzgerald, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Central District of California.
         Harry Reid, Joe Manchin III, Sherrod Brown, Tom Udall, 
           Patty Murray, Mark Begich, Herb Kohl, Bill Nelson, 
           Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Joseph I. Lieberman, Charles E. Schumer.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Ronnie Abrams, of New York, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of New York.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennett, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Rudolph Contreras, of Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Columbia.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Miranda Du, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Nevada.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Susie Morgan, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of David Campos Guaderrama, of Texas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Texas.

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         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Brian C. Wimes, of Missouri, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Kristine Gerhard Baker, of Arkansas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Illinois.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael. F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of George Levi Russell, III, of Maryland, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Maryland.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark R. Warner, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Jeff Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     John J. Tharp, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Jeffrey J. Helmick, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. Akaka, 
           Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Patty 
           Murray.
                                  ____

       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 
     Mary Geiger Lewis, of South Carolina, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. Akaka, 
           Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Patty 
           Murray.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Timothy S. Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. Kerry, 
           Daniel K. Akaka, Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Patty Murray.

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