[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8157]
[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. 59, Amul Thapar to be United States circuit 
judge for the Sixth Circuit.
  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 Amul R. Thapar, of 
Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 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 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 Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Orrin G. Hatch, Roger F. Wicker, Jeff 
           Flake, John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, John Hoeven, James 
           E. Risch, Mike Rounds, Deb Fischer, Mike Crapo, Jerry 
           Moran, Pat Roberts, Lindsey Graham, John Kennedy, Steve 
           Daines, David Perdue.

  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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