[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4168]
[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. 23, Daniel Coats to be 
Director of National Intelligence.
  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 Daniel Coats, of 
Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence.


                             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 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 Daniel Coats, of Indiana, to be Director of National 
     Intelligence.
         Mitch McConnell, Michael B. Enzi, David Perdue, Bob 
           Corker, John Hoeven, Lamar Alexander, Bill Cassidy, 
           John Barrasso, Dan Sullivan, Tim Scott, James Lankford, 
           Tom Cotton, Mike Rounds, James M. Inhofe, Chuck 
           Grassley, Roy Blunt, Richard Burr.

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