there is a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be reported. 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, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation. Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Martin Heinrich, Jack Reed, Dianne Feinstein, Robert Menendez, Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill Nelson, Barbara Boxer, Thomas R. Carper, Edward J. Markey, Jeff Merkley, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jon Tester, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer.
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