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Cloture Motion (Executive Session)

The Senate held an executive session in which Senator Thune presented a cloture motion, a request under Senate rules to end debate and proceed to a vote. The motion was read into the record. No substantive discussion of the underlying matter is reflected in the sampled statements.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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John Thune

Republican
“I am asking the Senate to end debate and hold a vote.”
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Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk. 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:

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