[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF CAITLIN JOAN HALLIGAN TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 
                  FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have been told the Republicans are not 
able to clear an agreement for consideration of the Halligan 
nomination. Therefore, I move to proceed to Calendar No. 13 and proceed 
in executive session to do that.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the motion to proceed.
  Without objection, the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the 
nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, 
of New York, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Donnelly). The cloture motion having been 
presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the 
motion.
  The legislative 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 
     Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Barbara Boxer, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Bill Nelson, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Jack Reed, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Robert Menendez, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Max Baucus, Sherrod Brown, Dianne 
           Feinstein

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

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