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                             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 
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 Victor G. Mercado, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense.
         Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, Jerry Moran, Rob Portman, 
           Michael B. Enzi, Deb Fischer, Kevin Cramer, John Thune, 
           John Boozman, Shelley Moore Capito, Marco Rubio, Todd 
           Young, John Barrasso, James Lankford, Tim Scott, James 
           E. Risch, Cindy Hyde-Smith.

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