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Cloture Motion
Mr. SCHUMER. 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 Executive Calendar No. 259, Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Charles E. Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher
Murphy, Gary C. Peters, Michael F. Bennet, Robert P.
Casey, Jr., Benjamin L. Cardin, Patty Murray, Catherine
Cortez Masto, Tammy Duckworth, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert
Menendez, Bernard Sanders, Mark R. Warner, Tina Smith,
Richard J. Durbin, Ben Ray Lujan.
Mr. SCHUMER. Finally, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum calls for the cloture motions filed today, October 7, be waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 177
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