[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 146 (Wednesday, December 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             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 
     Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jeff Merkley, Christopher 
           Murphy, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Tom Harkin, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Angus S. King, Jr.

  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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