[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2503]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     NOMINATION OF JOHN OWEN BRENNAN TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL 
                          INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I move to proceed to consideration of 
Calendar No. 43.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Nomination: Central Intelligence Agency. John Owen Brennan, 
     of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence 
     Agency.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion having been presented under rule 
XXII, the clerk will report 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 
     John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency.
         Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Thomas R. Carper, Christopher A. Coons, Robert 
           P. Casey, Jr., Mark L. Pryor, Bill Nelson, Mark Begich, 
           Barbara A. Mikulski, Patty Murray, Carl Levin, Joe 
           Manchin III

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