[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 18893-18894]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JOHN ROBERT BLAKEY TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                   THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 1075.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of John Robert 
Blakey, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 
     John Robert Blakey, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Jeff

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           Merkley, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, Christopher 
           Murphy, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Tom Harkin, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse.

           

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