[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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      NOMINATION OF ROBERT M. GROVES TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 169, the 
nomination of Robert M. Groves to be the Director of the Census for our 
country.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Robert M. Groves, of Michigan, 
to be Director of the Census.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING 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 
     Robert M. Groves, of Michigan, to be Director of the Census.
         Harry Reid, John D. Rockefeller, IV, Christopher J. Dodd, 
           Arlen Specter, Richard J. Durbin, Mark Begich, Mark 
           Udall, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff Bingaman, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., Frank R. Lautenberg, Blanche L. Lincoln, 
           Tom Udall, Bill Nelson, Byron L. Dorgan, Claire 
           McCaskill, Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that on Monday, 
July 13, at 4:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session, and 
there be 1 hour of debate prior to a vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the nomination, with the time divided as follows: 15 minutes 
each for Senators Collins, Shelby, and Vitter, with 15 minutes equally 
divided between Senators Lieberman and Carper; that at 5:30 p.m., the 
Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture; that if cloture is 
invoked, then all postcloture time be yielded back and the Senate 
immediately vote on confirmation of the nomination; that upon 
confirmation, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; no 
further motions be in order; the President then be immediately notified 
of the Senate's action; and the Senate resume legislative session.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, are we in morning business?
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. We are not in morning business.

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