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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. I move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 362.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Peter 
Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Third Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 Peter Joseph Phipps, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Roger F. Wicker, John Barrasso, David 
           Perdue, James E. Risch, Mike Crapo, Roy Blunt, Johnny 
           Isakson, Shelley Moore Capito, Pat Roberts, John 
           Cornyn, John Hoeven, Steve Daines, John Boozman, Thom 
           Tillis, Kevin Cramer, Richard Burr.

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