[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11290]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF MARK GASTON PEARCE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL LABOR 
                            RELATIONS BOARD

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I now move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 104.
  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 bill clerk read the nomination of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New 
York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I have a cloture motion I would ask the 
clerk to report if the Chair agrees.
  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 
     Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     National Labor Relations Board.
         Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Jeff Merkley, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Martin Heinrich, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Al Franken, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Brian 
           Schatz, Christopher Murphy, Richard J. Durbin, Maria 
           Cantwell, Bill Nelson, Carl Levin, Dianne Feinstein, 
           Patty Murray.

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII of the Senate be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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