[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16215-16216]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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    NOMINATION OF JACOB J. LEW TO BE UNITED STATES GOVERNOR OF THE 
      INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND; UNITED STATES GOVERNOR OF THE 
 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES 
GOVERNOR OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; UNITED STATES GOVERNOR 
        OF THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 63.
  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 Jacob J. Lew, of New 
York, to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund; 
United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development; United States Governor of the Inter-American Development 
Bank; United States Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development.


                             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 
     Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be United States Governor of 
     the International Monetary Fund; United States Governor of 
     the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 
     United States Governor of the Inter-American Development 
     Bank; and United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development.
         Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Charles E. Schumer, Jack 
           Reed, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Richard

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           Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Christopher A. Coons, Debbie 
           Stabenow, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Tom Harkin, 
           Carl Levin, John D. Rockefeller IV, Bill Nelson, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin.

  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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