[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21032-21033]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF CASS R. SUNSTEIN TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE OF 
  INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 167, the 
nomination of Cass Sunstein to be the Administrator of the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 
     Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of 
     the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
     Management and Budget.
         Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, Mark Udall, Patrick J. 
           Leahy, Daniel K. Akaka, Richard Durbin, Sherrod Brown, 
           Patty Murray, Jeanne Shaheen, John F. Kerry, Robert 
           Menendez, Jack Reed, Mark Begich, Tom Harkin, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Ron Wyden, Kirsten E. Gillibrand.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pro forma 
session on Monday, August 10, not count as the intervening day and that 
the mandatory quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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