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




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF EDWARD G. SMITH TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                  THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 584.
  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 Edward G. Smith, of 
Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania.


                             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 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. Edward G. Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
         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.

  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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