[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 22807-22808]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF KENT A. JORDAN TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE 
                             THIRD CIRCUIT

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 924.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Kent A. Jordan, of 
Delaware, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. FRIST. 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.

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  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 the nomination 
     of Kent A. Jordan, of Delaware, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Third District.
         Bill Frist, Robert Bennett, Arlen Specter, Tom Coburn, 
           Kit Bond, George Allen, Lindsey Graham, Trent Lott, Mel 
           Martinez, Gordon Smith, Sam Brownback, Rick Santorum, 
           Richard Burr, Hillary Clinton, Johnny Isakson, Jim 
           DeMint.

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this circuit court nomination was reported 
unanimously out of the Judiciary Committee. I do not believe there is 
any controversy with this nomination. I hope we could vitiate this 
cloture motion and proceed to an up-or-down vote during tomorrow's 
session. In the meantime, I have filed cloture to ensure a vote this 
week on this circuit court nominee.

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