[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF BARBARA MILANO KEENAN TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 
                         FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 527, the 
nomination of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be U.S. circuit 
judge for the Fourth Circuit.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Barbara Milano 
Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.


                             CLOTURE MOTION

  Mr. REID. I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 
     Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be a United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Herb Kohl, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patty Murray, Mark Begich, 
           Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Mark R. Warner, Russell D. 
           Feingold, Al Franken, Roland W. Burris, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Barbara Boxer, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Edward E. Kaufman.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, 
March 2, after a period of morning business, the Senate proceed to 
executive session to resume consideration of the Keenan nomination; 
that the time until 12:15 p.m. be for debate only on a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination, with the time equally 
divided and controlled between Senators Leahy and Sessions or their 
designees; that at 12:15 p.m., the Senate proceed to vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture with the mandatory quorum waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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