[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18895]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF LORETTA COPELAND BIGGS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
               FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 1147.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Loretta 
Copeland Biggs, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of North Carolina.


                             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 
     Loretta Copeland Biggs, of North Carolina, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Middle District of North 
     Carolina.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom 
           Harkin, Jeff Merkley, Mazie K. Hirono, Patty Murray, 
           Brian Schatz, Sheldon Whitehouse, Angus S. King, Jr., 
           Charles E. Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Bill Nelson, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Mark Begich, Christopher Murphy, 
           Barbara Boxer.

           

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