[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 15 and 16; that 
the nominations be confirmed, en bloc, and the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, en bloc; that no further motions be in order; that 
upon confirmation, the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action; that the Senate resume legislative session; and that 
any statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record; 
further, that the cloture motions with respect to these nominations be 
withdrawn, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                   executive office of the president

       Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.
       Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.

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