[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

                                 ______
                                 

                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 15 and 16; that 
the nominations be confirmed, en bloc, and the motions to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, en bloc; that no further motions be in order; that 
upon confirmation, the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action; that the Senate resume legislative session; and that 
any statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record; 
further, that the cloture motions with respect to these nominations be 
withdrawn, en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                   executive office of the president

       Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.
       Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.

                          ____________________