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




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF AMOS L. MAZZANT, III, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                   FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 1076.
  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 Amos L. 
Mazzant, III, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Texas.


                             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 
     Amos L. Mazzant, III, of Texas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. Durbin, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Brian Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Michael F. 
           Bennet, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer, 
           Christopher Murphy, Edward J. Markey, Al Franken, Tom 
           Harkin, Sheldon Whitehouse.

           

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