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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 464.
  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 William 
Joseph Nardini, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. 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 William Joseph Nardini, of Connecticut, to be United 
     States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.
         John Thune, Thom Tillis, Chuck Grassley, Mike Crapo, 
           James E. Risch, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mike Rounds, Lindsey 
           Graham, Mitch McConnell, John Boozman, Tom Cotton, John 
           Cornyn, Joni Ernst, Roy Blunt, Roger F. Wicker, Jerry 
           Moran, Shelley Moore Capito.

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