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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. 533.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill clerk read the nomination of Patrick 
J. Bumatay, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill 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 Patrick J. Bumatay, of California, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
         Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, John Boozman, Mike Crapo, 
           Thom Tillis, Chuck Grassley, Jerry Moran, Kevin Cramer, 
           John Barrasso, Mike Braun, Joni Ernst, Pat Roberts, 
           John Cornyn, Roy Blunt, John Thune, Lindsey Graham, 
           Roger F. Wicker.

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