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On the recordApril 4, 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. 56, Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. John Thune, John Barrasso, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John R. Curtis, Bernie Moreno, Pete Ricketts, Eric Schmitt, Jon A. Husted, Marsha Blackburn, Roger Marshall, Jim Justice, Tommy Tuberville, Bill Hagerty, Joni Ernst, James E. Risch, Tim Sheehy, David McCormick. ____________________
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota
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Apr 4, 2025

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