[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF JOHN B. OWENS TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE 
                             NINTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 573.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of John B. Owens, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant 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 
     John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty Murray, Bill Nelson, 
           Robert P. Casey, Jr., Jack Reed, Tammy Baldwin, Jon 
           Tester, Tom Udall, Bernard Sanders, Michael F. Bennet, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Elizabeth Warren, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Richard J. Durbin.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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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