[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16257]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF MARK A. KEARNEY TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                  THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 1037.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Mark A. Kearney, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 
     Mark A. Kearney, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
         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, Sherrod Brown, Dianne Feinstein.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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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