[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   NOMINATION OF NORMAN L. EISEN TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
 PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC

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  NOMINATION OF MARI CARMEN APONTE TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
 PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF EL 
                                SALVADOR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that we now 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 360 and 501, and 
I send two cloture motions to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the nominations.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Norman L. 
Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Czech Republic.


                             Cloture Motion

  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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Czech Republic:
         Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty 
           Murray, Richard J. Durbin, Kent Conrad, John D. 
           Rockefeller IV, Jeff Bingaman, Tim Johnson, Daniel K. 
           Inouye, Debbie Stabenow, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Max 
           Baucus, Charles E. Schumer, John F. Kerry, Mark Udall, 
           Michael F. Bennet.

  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Mari Carmen 
Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El 
Salvador.


                             Cloture Motion

  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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination 
     of Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of El Salvador:
         Harry Reid, John F. Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Patrick J. 
           Leahy, Patty Murray, Richard J. Durbin, Kent Conrad, 
           John D. Rockefeller IV, Jeff Bingaman, Tim Johnson, 
           Robert Menendez, Daniel K. Inouye, Max Baucus, Charles 
           E. Schumer, Mark Udall, Michael F. Bennet, Al Franken.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived in each instance; that on Monday, 
December 12, at 4:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session to 
consider the following nominations concurrently: Calendar No. 360 and 
Calendar No. 501; that there be 1 hour of debate, equally divided, in 
the usual form; that upon the use or yielding back of that time, the 
Senate proceed without interviewing action or debate to vote on 
Calendar No. 360; and that if cloture is invoked, the Senate 
immediately vote on confirmation of the nomination, and following 
disposition of Calendar No. 360, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture 
on Calendar No. 501; further, that if cloture is not invoked on 
Calendar No. 360, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on Calendar No. 
501; that any statements be printed in the Record, and the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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