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                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. THUNE. 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 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. 85, Samuel Brown, of Nevada, to be 
     Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs.
         John Thune, Dan Sullivan, John Barrasso, Mike Rounds, 
           Todd Young, Cynthia M. Lummis, Tom Cotton, James 
           Lankford, Bernie Moreno, John R. Curtis, Ted Budd, Mike 
           Crapo, Katie Boyd Britt, Jim Banks, Markwayne Mullin, 
           Jon A. Husted, Steve Daines.

  Mr. THUNE. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call 
be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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