[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3342-3343]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar Nos. 408, 441, 461, 462, 463, 464, 497, 509, 510, 528, 
568, 569, 570, 571, 610, 612, and 613.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered. The clerk will state the nominations.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
       David Nuffer, of Utah, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Utah.
       Michael Walter Fitzgerald, of California, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Central District of California.
       Ronnie Abrams, of New York, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of New York.
       Rudolph Contreras, of Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Columbia.
       Miranda Du, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Nevada.
       Susie Morgan, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
       Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
       David Campos Guaderrama, of Texas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
       Brian C. Wimes, of Missouri, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
       Kristine Gerhard Baker, of Arkansas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
       John Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       George Levi Russell, III, of Maryland, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Maryland.
       John J. Tharp, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
       Jeffrey J. Helmick, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
       Mary Geiger Lewis, of South Carolina, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
       Timothy S. Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have cloture motions relative to each of 
these district court nominees at the desk, and I ask unanimous consent 
that it be in order for them to be filed now.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  The cloture motions having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair 
directs the clerk to read the motions:
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:


                            CLOTURE MOTIONS

       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 
     Gina Marie Groh, of West Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
         Harry Reid, Joe Manchin III, Sherrod Brown, Tom Udall, 
           Patty Murray, Mark Begich, Herb Kohl, Bill Nelson, 
           Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Joseph I. Lieberman, Charles E. Schumer.
                                  ____

       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 
     David Nuffer, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for 
     the District of Utah.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Michael Walter Fitzgerald, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Central District of California.
         Harry Reid, Joe Manchin III, Sherrod Brown, Tom Udall, 
           Patty Murray, Mark Begich, Herb Kohl, Bill Nelson, 
           Frank R. Lautenberg, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Joseph I. Lieberman, Charles E. Schumer.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Ronnie Abrams, of New York, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of New York.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennett, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Rudolph Contreras, of Virginia, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Columbia.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Miranda Du, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Nevada.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Susie Morgan, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of David Campos Guaderrama, of Texas,

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     to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
     of Texas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Brian C. Wimes, of Missouri, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Kristine Gerhard Baker, of Arkansas, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 Z. Lee, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Illinois.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael. F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of George Levi Russell, III, of Maryland, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Maryland.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark R. Warner, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Jeff Merkley.
                                  ____

       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. Tharp, Jr., of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin, Mark R. 
           Warner, Herb Kohl, Mark Udall, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Tom Udall, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert P. Casey, 
           Jr., Charles E. Schumer, Michael F. Bennet, Jeff 
           Merkley.
                                  ____

       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 
     Jeffrey J. Helmick, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. Akaka, 
           Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Patty 
           Murray.
                                  ____

       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 
     Mary Geiger Lewis, of South Carolina, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Daniel K. Akaka, 
           Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Patty 
           Murray.
                                  ____

       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 the debate on the nomination 
     of Timothy S. Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard Blumenthal, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Charles E. Schumer, Al Franken, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Robert Menendez, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. Kerry, 
           Daniel K. Akaka, Jeff Bingaman, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Patty Murray.

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