[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6729]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JEROME H. POWELL TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
            OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM--MOTION TO PROCEED

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 647, Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be a 
member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid] moves to proceed to 
     Calendar No. 647, Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be a 
     member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk with respect to that 
nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill 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 
     Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Jeff Bingaman, Christopher 
           A. Coons, Carl Levin, Ron Wyden, Ben Nelson, Joseph I. 
           Lieberman, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal, John F. 
           Kerry, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Barbara Boxer, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, John D. 
           Rockefeller IV, Tim Johnson.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to waive the 
mandatory quorum under rule XXII for both cloture motions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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