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Cloture Motion
Mr. SCHUMER. 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 Executive Calendar No. 340, Sarah A.L. Merriam, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
Charles E. Schumer, Brian Schatz, Benjamin L. Cardin,
Robert Menendez, Tammy Duckworth, Christopher A. Coons,
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Jacky Rosen, Patrick J. Leahy,
Mazie K. Hirono, Margaret Wood Hassan, Jack Reed,
Sheldon Whitehouse, Tammy Baldwin, Richard J. Durbin,
Chris Van Hollen, Tina Smith.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 174
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