[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF TIMOTHY L. BROOKS TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                    THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 565.
  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 bill clerk read the nomination of Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Arkansas.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to report 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 
     Timothy L. Brooks, of Arkansas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mark L. Pryor, Mark Begich, 
           Robert Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom Harkin, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Jon 
           Tester, Richard J. Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Claire McCaskill, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed.

  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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