[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12561]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   NOMINATION OF LAVENSKI R. SMITH, OF ARKANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
                  CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Executive Calendar No. 903, Lavenski Smith, to be United 
States Circuit Judge.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, this nomination is cleared on this side 
but because of an objection from a Member on the other side of the 
aisle, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The 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 the debate on Executive 
     Calendar No. 903, the nomination of Lavenski R. Smith, of 
     Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth 
     Circuit:
         Zell Miller, Fritz Hollings, Kent Conrad, Byron L. 
           Dorgan, Harry Reid, Jeff Bingaman, Debbie Stabenow, 
           Jack Reed, Barbara Boxer, Patrick Leahy, Barbara 
           Mikulski, Blanche R. Lincoln, Bob Graham, Jean 
           Carnahan, Jay Rockefeller, Charles Schumer.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the live 
quorum prior to this vote as required under rule XXII be waived and 
that the Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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