[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF M. PATRICIA SMITH TO BE SOLICITOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 LABOR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 474, 
the nomination of M. Patricia Smith to be Solicitor for the Department 
of Labor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of M. Patricia Smith, of 
New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk, and I ask that it be 
reported.
  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 M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to 
be Solicitor for the Department of Labor.
         Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Jeff Bingaman, Mark Begich, Byron 
           L. Dorgan, Edward E. Kaufman, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin 
           L. Cardin, Robert Menendez, Kay R. Hagan, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Barbara A. Mikulski, Jon Tester, Roland W. 
           Burris, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Bill Nelson, Mary L. 
           Landrieu.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I further ask unanimous consent that the vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination occur at 5:30 p.m., Monday, 
February 1.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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