[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 41 (Monday, March 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I now send a cloture petition to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  The 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.
         Harry Reid, Christopher J. Dodd, Patrick J. Leahy, 
           Sherrod Brown, Byron L. Dorgan, Jack Reed, Jeff 
           Merkley, Michael F. Bennet, Charles E. Schumer, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Richard Durbin, Patty Murray, John F. Kerry, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Ben Nelson, Jeff Bingaman, Herb 
           Kohl.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous that the mandatory quorum be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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