[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF ANDREW DAVID HURWITZ, OF ARIZONA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
                  CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed to 
executive session to consider Calendar No. 607, the nomination of 
Andrew David Hurwitz, of the State of Arizona, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Andrew David Hurwitz, of 
Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.


                             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.

                             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 
     Andrew David Hurwitz, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the 9th Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Al Franken, Daniel K. 
           Inouye, Bill Nelson, Amy Klobuchar, Jeff Bingaman, 
           Michael F. Bennet, Herb Kohl, Patty Murray, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., Tom Udall, Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher A. Coons, Mark 
           Begich.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived; that at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, June 11, there be up 
to 60 minutes of debate on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination, equally divided between the two leaders, or their 
designees; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the Senate vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination; further, that if 
cloture is not invoked on the nomination, the Senate resume legislative 
session and the motion to proceed to S. 3240 be agreed to at 2:15 p.m., 
Tuesday, June 12; finally, if cloture is invoked, that upon disposition 
of the Hurwitz nomination, the Senate resume legislative session and 
the motion to proceed to S. 3240 be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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