[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
consider the nomination of John Sullivan to be Deputy Secretary of 
State.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, 
to be Deputy Secretary of State.


                             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 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 John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     State.
         Mitch McConnell, Cory Gardner, Tom Cotton, Roy Blunt, 
           Jeff Flake, John Cornyn, John Barrasso, Ron Johnson, 
           James E. Risch, Joni Ernst, John Thune, Mike Rounds, 
           Orrin G. Hatch, Bob Corker, David Perdue, John Hoeven, 
           James M. Inhofe.

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

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