[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 153 (Saturday, December 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EXECUTIVE SESSION
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NOMINATION OF LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider
Calendar No. 1147.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the nomination.
The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Loretta
Copeland Biggs, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge
for the Middle District of North Carolina.
cloture motion
Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been presented
under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
The bill 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
Loretta Copeland Biggs, of North Carolina, to be United
States District Judge for the Middle District of North
Carolina.
Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom
Harkin, Jeff Merkley, Mazie K. Hirono, Patty Murray,
Brian Schatz, Sheldon Whitehouse, Angus S. King, Jr.,
Charles E. Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Bill Nelson,
Christopher A. Coons, Mark Begich, Christopher Murphy,
Barbara Boxer.
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