[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF DAVID J. HAYES TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I now move that the Senate go to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 31, the nomination of David J. Hayes 
to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of David J. Hayes, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I now 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 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 
     David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
     Interior.
         Harry Reid, Mark Begich, Jeff Merkley, Max Baucus, Patty 
           Murray, Jon Tester, Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Barbara 
           A. Mikulski, Debbie Stabenow, Tom Harkin, Robert 
           Menendez, Byron L. Dorgan, Mark Pryor, Bernard Sanders, 
           Sherrod Brown, Barbara Boxer.

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

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