[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 164 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S6506]
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 for 
the Kavanaugh nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the nomination.
  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 Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate 
     Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
         Mitch McConnell, Orrin G. Hatch, Thom Tillis, Roger F. 
           Wicker, Tim Scott, Deb Fischer, Roy Blunt, Cindy Hyde-
           Smith, John Cornyn, Johnny Isakson, Lamar Alexander, 
           John Boozman, Joni Ernst, Mike Crapo, John Thune, John 
           Barrasso, Pat Roberts.

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