[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 4469-4470]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF M. DOUGLAS HARPOOL TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                    THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 582.
  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 M. Douglas Harpool, of 
Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Missouri.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk on this nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to report 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 
     M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Debbie Stabenow, Robert 
           Menendez, Barbara Boxer, Patty Murray, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Carl Levin, Bernard Sanders, 
           Joe Donnelly, Maria Cantwell, Barbara A. Mikulski, Tom 
           Harkin, Tim Kaine, Jeanne Shaheen, Jon Tester.


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  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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