[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4416]
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 senior assistant 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 Kevin Christopher Newson, of Alabama, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
         Dan Sullivan, John Barrasso, John Cornyn, Orrin G. Hatch, 
           Ron Johnson, Chuck Grassley, Tom Cotton, Richard Burr, 
           James Lankford, Lamar Alexander, John Kennedy, Cory 
           Gardner, James M. Inhofe, Michael B. Enzi, John Thune, 
           Richard C. Shelby, Mitch McConnell.

  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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