[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15532]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF MARK HOWARD COHEN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                    THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 857.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). The clerk will report the 
nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Mark Howard 
Cohen, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk--in fact, it is already 
at the desk--and ask that it be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XII, the Chair lays before 
the Senate the pending Cloture motion which the clerk will state.
  The assistant 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 
     Mark Howard Cohen, of Georgia, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mazie K. Hirono, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Angus S. King, Jr., Jon Tester, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Bill Nelson, Robert P. Casey, Jr., 
           Elizabeth Warren, Brian Schatz, Al Franken, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tim Kaine, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Tom Harkin.

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

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