[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 9887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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       NOMINATION OF CHRISTOPHER R. HILL TO BE AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 43, the 
nomination of Christopher R. Hill, to be Ambassador to Iraq.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Christopher R. 
Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Iraq.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. 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 
     Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Iraq.
         Harry Reid, John F. Kerry, Richard Durbin, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Jon Tester, Tom Udall, Dianne Feinstein, 
           Edward E. Kaufman, Mark Begich, Frank R. Lautenberg, 
           Bill Nelson, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed, Bernard 
           Sanders, Christopher J. Dodd, Patty Murray, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that upon 
disposition of the nominations specified in a previous order for 
Monday, April 20, there be 20 minutes of debate, equally divided and 
controlled between the leaders or their designees prior to the cloture 
vote on the Hill nomination, and that the mandatory quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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