[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 81 (Thursday, May 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2735]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Gina Haspel, of Kentucky, to be Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency.
         Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, James Lankford, John 
           Cornyn, Mike Crapo, Roy Blunt, John Hoeven, David 
           Perdue, Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, Johnny Isakson, 
           John Boozman, James E. Risch, John Thune, Todd Young, 
           Ron Johnson, Cory Gardner.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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