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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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. 352, Richard E.N. Federico, of 
     Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
     Circuit.
         Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Alex Padilla, Richard Blumenthal, Cory A. 
           Booker, Benjamin L. Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, Tammy 
           Duckworth, Brian Schatz, Tammy Baldwin, Margaret Wood 
           Hassan, Tina Smith, Mazie K. Hirono, Christopher 
           Murphy, Peter Welch, Christopher A. Coons.

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
mandatory quorum call for the cloture motion filed today, December 5, 
be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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