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On the recordMay 21, 2013
I send a cloture motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the clerk will report 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, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Bill Nelson, Christopher A. Coons, Amy Klobuchar, Tim Kaine, Jack Reed, Barbara A. Mikulski, Mark R. Warner, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, Benjamin L. Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Tom Harkin, Bernard Sanders, Al Franken, Robert Menendez.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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May 21, 2013

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