[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 23068-23069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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TREATY WITH RUSSIA ON MEASURES FOR FURTHER REDUCTION AND LIMITATION OF 
                        STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ARMS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed now to executive session and resume consideration of the START 
treaty.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been filed under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report 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 Treaties Calendar 
     No. 7, Treaty Document No. 111-5, the START treaty.
         Harry Reid, Joseph I. Lieberman, John D. Rockefeller, IV, 
           Byron L. Dorgan, John F. Kerry, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Mark L. Pryor, Jack Reed, Robert Menendez, Mark Begich, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Kent Conrad, Bill Nelson, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Patty Murray, Barbara A. Mikulski, 
           Christopher J. Dodd, Richard G. Lugar.

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


                           Executive Calendar

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged of the following nominations: PN2352, Darrell 
James Bell, U.S. Marshal, Montana; PN2348, Edwin Sloane, U.S. Marshal, 
District of Columbia; that the Senate then proceed en bloc to the 
nominations; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, and the motions 
to reconsider be laid upon the table; that any statements relating to 
the nominations be printed in the Record as if read; that the President 
be immediately notified of the

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Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, are as follows:

                         department of justice

       Darrell James Bell, of Montana, to be United States Marshal 
     for the District of Montana for the term of four years.
       Edwin Donovan Sloane, of Maryland, to be United States 
     Marshal for the District of Columbia for the term of four 
     years.

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