[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6368]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JOHN J. McCONNELL, JR., TO BE U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                        DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent to proceed to 
executive session and the nomination of John J. McConnell, Jr., of 
Rhode Island, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Rhode Island.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of John J. 
McConnell, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Rhode Island.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk dealing 
with John McConnell.
  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 
     John J. McConnell, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Rhode Island.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, John F. Kerry, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Frank R. Lautenberg, Jack Reed, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Barbara 
           Boxer, Daniel K. Inouye, Mark Begich, Mark R. Warner, 
           Kent Conrad, John D. Rockefeller IV, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Ron Wyden.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order 
at this time to waive the mandatory quorums under rule XXII with 
respect to both cloture motions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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