[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 143 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF COLLEEN BRADLEY BELL TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
       PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO HUNGARY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 631.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Colleen 
Bradley Bell, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk that I 
ask to have reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read 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 
     Colleen Bradley Bell, of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Hungary.
         Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Bill Nelson, Patrick J. 
           Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara 
           Boxer, Tom Udall, Tammy Baldwin, Brian Schatz, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Christopher A. Coons, Tom Harkin, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Carl Levin, Joe Manchin III, Bernard 
           Sanders.

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

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