[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 105, Noel Francisco.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Noel J. 
Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the 
United States.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, 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.
  The assistant bill 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 Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Solicitor General of the United States.
         Mitch McConnell, John Kennedy, Lamar Alexander, Johnny 
           Isakson, Mike Rounds, Tom Cotton, Roy Blunt, John 
           Barrasso, Patrick J. Toomey, Cory Gardner, John Hoeven, 
           Rob Portman, Bill Cassidy, John Cornyn, Orrin G. Hatch, 
           Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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