EXECUTIVE SESSION -- (Senate - January 26, 2006)
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CLOTURE MOTION
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk at this point.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bill Frist, Elizabeth Dole, Michael B. Enzi, Jim DeMint, Wayne Allard, Kit Bond, John Ensign, Arlen Specter, Rick Santorum, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Pete Domenici, Judd Gregg, Lisa Murkowski, Norm Coleman, George Allen, Mitch McConnell.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote on cloture occur at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 30, with the mandatory quorum waived. I further ask consent that if cloture is invoked, notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, the Senate proceed to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 31. Finally, I ask unanimous consent that all debate time on Tuesday prior to 11 a.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, and that cloture vote may be vitiated by the agreement of the two leaders.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Thanks. I suppose he had a reason for it, but wish Frist would have pushed for tonight (though Ensign wouldn't have been able to vote)