[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S498]
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                             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 David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Roy Blunt, Tim Scott, Todd 
           Young, Richard C. Shelby, Chuck Grassley, John Boozman, 
           Marco Rubio, Mike Crapo, Steve Daines, Jerry Moran, 
           David Perdue, Tom Cotton, John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, 
           John Thune.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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