[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1665]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Jeff 
Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                             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 Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General.
         Mitch McConnell, Johnny Isakson, Jeff Flake, Steve 
           Daines, James Lankford, Dan Sullivan, Thom Tillis, Rob 
           Portman, John Hoeven, Roger F. Wicker, John Thune, Deb 
           Fischer, James M. Inhofe, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, 
           Jerry Moran, Pat Roberts.

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