[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25690]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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      NOMINATION OF MICHAEL O. LEAVITT TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 
                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 
405, the nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion on the pending 
nomination 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 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 Executive 
     Calendar No. 405, the nomination of Michael O. Leavitt, to be 
     administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
         Bill Frist, James M. Inhofe, Orrin G. Hatch, Conrad 
           Burns, Judd Gregg, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Michael B. 
           Enzi, Wayne Allard, George Allen, Don Nickles, John 
           Sununu, Lamar Alexander, John Warner, Robert F. 
           Bennett, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, and Lindsey 
           Graham.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
cloture vote occur at 5:30 p.m., Monday, October 27; further, that the 
live quorum, as required under rule XXII, be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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