[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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   NOMINATION OF THOMAS EDGAR WHEELER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL 
                       COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 242.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Thomas Edgar Wheeler, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant 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 
     Thomas Edgar Wheeler, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Federal Communications Commission.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Debbie Stabenow, Richard J. 
           Durbin, John D. Rockefeller IV, Benjamin L. Cardin, Jon 
           Tester, Sheldon Whitehouse, Mark R. Warner, Patty 
           Murray, Mazie K. Hirono, Angus S. King, Jr., Barbara 
           Boxer, Jeanne Shaheen, Robert Menendez, Bill Nelson, 
           Richard Blumenthal.

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

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