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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Gerald J. Pappert, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
         Harry Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Patty Murray, Barbara 
           Boxer, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Debbie

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           Stabenow, Michael F. Bennet, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Jon Tester, Jack Reed, Mark R. Warner, Tim Kaine, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Charles E. Schumer, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Christopher Murphy.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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