[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 151 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S7566]
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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant bill 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 
     Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Mark Begich, Patrick J. Leahy, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Martin Heinrich, Patty Murray, 
           Bernard Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, Benjamin L. Cardin, Al 
           Franken, Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Jack Reed, Thomas 
           R. Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bill Nelson, Charles E. 
           Schumer.

  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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