[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF HAROLD HONGJU KOH TO BE LEGAL ADVISER OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                                OF STATE

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 140.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Harold Hongju 
Koh, of Connecticut, to be legal adviser of the Department of State


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, 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 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 
     Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be legal adviser of the 
     Department of State.
         Harry Reid, Mark L. Pryor, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. 
           Inouye, Russell D. Feingold, Christopher J. Dodd, 
           Roland W. Burris, Richard Durbin, Patty Murray, Jon 
           Tester, Mark Udall, Amy Klobuchar, Jack Reed, Max 
           Baucus, Jeff Merkley, Blanche L. Lincoln, Maria 
           Cantwell, Byron L. Dorgan.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask the mandatory quorum call be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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