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On the recordJanuary 22, 2025
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 senior assistant 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 Executive Calendar No. 5, Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of the Treasury. John Thune, John Kennedy, Deb Fischer, Kevin Cramer, Ashley Moody, Rick Scott of Florida, Tommy Tuberville, Marsha Blackburn, Jim Justice, Ted Budd, Roger Marshall, David McCormick, Mike Crapo, John Boozman, John Barrasso, Jon Husted, Bill Hagerty. ____________________
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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