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Cloture Motion
SENATOR. Madam 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 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. 687, Elizabeth Schoff Watson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Charles E. Schumer, John W. Hickenlooper, Jacky Rosen,
Jack Reed, Tim Kaine, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Tina
Smith, Tammy Baldwin, Alex Padilla, Benjamin L. Cardin,
Margaret Wood Hassan, Ben Ray Lujan, Catherine Cortez
Masto, Elizabeth Warren, Debbie Stabenow, Tammy
Duckworth, Mazie K. Hirono.
Mr. SCHUMER. Finally, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, May 16, be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 83
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