[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6721]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF AUSTAN DEAN GOOLSBEE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF 
                           ECONOMIC ADVISERS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 15, the nomination of Austan Dean Goolsbee to be a member 
of the Council of Economic Advisers.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the motion is agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Austan Dean 
Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic 
Advisers.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I now send a cloture petition to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report 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 
     Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.
         Harry Reid, Christopher J. Dodd, Patrick J. Leahy, 
           Sherrod Brown, Byron L. Dorgan, Jack Reed, Jeff 
           Merkley, Michael F. Bennet, Charles E. Schumer, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Richard Durbin, Patty Murray, John F. Kerry, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Ben Nelson, Jeff Bingaman, Herb 
           Kohl.

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

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