[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9484-S9485]
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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. LOTT. With that agreement then, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Senate immediately proceed to executive session to consider the 
following nomination on the Executive Calendar: No. 512, the nomination 
of Ann Montgomery to be U.S. District Judge for the District of 
Minnesota.
  Further, I ask unanimous consent that the nomination be confirmed, 
the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination was considered and confirmed as follows:


                             the judiciary

       Ann D. Montgomery, of Minnesota, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

  Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate immediately proceed 
to consider the following nominations on the Executive Calendar: 
Calendar Nos. 596 and 597, Brooksley Elizabeth Born to be chairman of 
the CFTC, and Calendar No. 598, David D. Spears to be a commissioner of 
the CFTC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations.
  Mr. LOTT. Madam President, I just want to note here on that one that 
it has been pending for a long, long time. A lot of cooperation was 
involved in the CFTC. I am glad we finally have been able to work 
through the problems that we had.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, 
the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, that any statements 
related to the nominations appear at the appropriate place in the 
Record, that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action, and the Senate then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:

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                  commodity futures trading commission

       Brooksley Elizabeth Born, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
     for the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 1999.
       Brooksley Elizabeth Born, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
       David D. Spears, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring 
     April 13, 2000.

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