[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18645]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF CAITLIN JOAN HALLIGAN TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 
                  FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 43, and I send a cloture motion to the desk. In 
fact, it is at 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 
     Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Charles E. Schumer, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Herb Kohl, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Tom Udall, Ron Wyden, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 
           Sherrod Brown, Jeanne Shaheen.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that on Tuesday, 
December 6, 2011, at 11 a.m., the Senate proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 43; that there be 1 hour for debate, equally 
divided in the usual form prior to the cloture vote; further, that the 
mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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