[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION
       NOMINATION OF ROBERT J. PORTMAN TO BE UNITED STATES TRADE 
                             REPRESENTATIVE

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session for the consideration of Executive 
Calendar No. 74.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Robert J. 
Portman, of Ohio, to be United States Trade Representative.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I understand we cannot get a time 
agreement on this nomination due to an objection on the other side. 
Therefore, 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 report the motion.
  The 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 Executive 
     Calendar No. 74, the nomination of Robert J. Portman, of 
     Ohio, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank 
     of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
         Bill Frist, Chuck Grassley, Sam Brownback, Kay Bailey 
           Hutchison, David Vitter, Orrin Hatch, Elizabeth Dole, 
           Lisa Murkowski, Bob Bennett, John Cornyn, Lamar 
           Alexander, Johnny Isakson, C.S. Bond, Michael B. Enzi, 
           Mike DeWine, John Ensign, Ted Stevens.

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