[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12484]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  NOMINATION OF SAMANTHA POWER TO BE THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED 
 STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS, WITH THE RANK AND STATUS OF 
AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF 
  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED 
                                NATIONS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Samantha Power, of 
Massachusetts, to be the Representative of the United States to the 
United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States America in the 
Security Council of the United Nations.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk on Calendar No. 220.
  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 
     Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be the Representative of 
     the United States of America to the United Nations, with the 
     rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States 
     of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.
         Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark 
           Begich, Christopher A. Coons, Martin Heinrich, Parry 
           Murray, Bernard Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Al Franken, Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Thomas 
           R. Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bill Nelson, Charles E. 
           Schumer.

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