[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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     NOMINATION OF JAMES MICHAEL COLE TO BE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we proceed to 
executive session to consider Calendar No. 62.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of James Michael 
Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk. I ask 
that it be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report 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 
     James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
     Attorney General.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Herb Kohl, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Al Franken, Christopher A. Coons, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod 
           Brown, Mark Udall, Richard J. Durbin, Thomas R. Carper, 
           Bernard Sanders, John D. Rockefeller IV, Jeanne 
           Shaheen, Charles E. Schumer.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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