[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2436-2437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move that the Senate proceed to 
executive session to consider Calendar No. 5, Ben Carson to be 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  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 legislative clerk read the nomination of Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., 
of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented

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under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, to be Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development.
         Mitch McConnell, Johnny Isakson, Jeff Flake, Steve 
           Daines, James Lankford, Roger F. Wicker, Dan Sullivan, 
           Thom Tillis, Rob Portman, John Thune, John Hoeven, Deb 
           Fischer, James M. Inhofe, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, 
           Jerry Moran, Pat Roberts.

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