[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 88 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S3060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Orrin G. Hatch, Roger F. Wicker, Jeff 
           Flake, John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, John Hoeven, James 
           E. Risch, Mike Rounds, Deb Fischer, Mike Crapo, Jerry 
           Moran, Pat Roberts, Lindsey Graham, John Kennedy, Steve 
           Daines, David Perdue.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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