[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19516]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 533.
  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 Leonard 
Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eighth Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. 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 senior 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 Leonard Steven Grasz, of Nebraska, to be the United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Richard Burr, John Cornyn, Michael B. 
           Enzi, Johnny Isakson, Chuck Grassley, Mike Crapo, Ron 
           Johnson, Roger F. Wicker, Marco Rubio, Mike Rounds, 
           Steve Daines, Lindsey Graham, Shelley Moore Capito, 
           Cory Gardner, James E. Risch, Jeff Flake.

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