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On the recordDecember 13, 2014
I have a cloture motion at the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Robert William Schroeder III, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S6808, December 13, 2014, in the third column, the following language appears: to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Robert William Schroeder, III, of Texas, to be United States District Judge . . . . The online Record has been corrected to read: to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Robert William Schroeder III, of Texas, to be United States District Judge . . . . ========================= END NOTE ========================= Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Richard Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, Christopher Murphy, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Tom Harkin, Sheldon Whitehouse. ____________________
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Dec 13, 2014

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