[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF BRIAN MORRIS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                          DISTRICT OF MONTANA

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 348.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Brian Morris, of Montana, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Montana.


                             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 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 
     Brian Morris, of Montana, to be United States District Judge 
     for the District of Montana.
         Harry Reid, Sherrod Brown, Richard J. Durbin, Christopher 
           Murphy, Robert Menendez, Christopher A. Coons, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Bernard Sanders, Barbara Boxer, Brian Schatz, 
           Robert P. Casey, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin.

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