[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14821]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO 
   GONZALES NO LONGER HOLDS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE SENATE AND OF THE 
                   AMERICAN PEOPLE--MOTION TO PROCEED


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to S.J. Res. 14 and 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.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to 
     proceed to Calendar No. 179, S.J. Res. 14, relating to 
     Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
         Harry Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Kent Conrad, Bernard 
           Sanders, Jeff Bingaman, Dan Inouye, Jon Tester, S. 
           Whitehouse, Debbie Stabenow, Byron L. Dorgan, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Sherrod Brown, Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer, 
           Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed, H.R. Clinton.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I withdraw my motion to proceed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is withdrawn.
  Mr. REID. Thank you, Mr. President.

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