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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 459.
  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 R. 
Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Alabama.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam 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 R. Austin Huffaker, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama.
         Steve Daines, Roy Blunt, John Thune, Richard Burr, John 
           Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, Tom Cotton, Rick Scott, Mike 
           Crapo, Shelley Moore Capito, John Boozman, Roger F. 
           Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, David Perdue, Mike Rounds, 
           John Hoeven, Mitch McConnell.

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