[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 183 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7138]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam 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 Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of California, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
         Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Thom Tillis, Tom Cotton, 
           Cory Gardner, Jerry Moran, John Barrasso, Luther 
           Strange, Mike Crapo, John Cornyn, Richard Burr, Mike 
           Rounds, Orrin G. Hatch, David Perdue, Marco Rubio, John 
           Thune, John Boozman.

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