[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5870]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 
                         FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 574.
  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 Michelle T. Friedland, 
of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, 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 cloture 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 
     Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Debbie Stabenow, Jack Reed, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Patty Murray, Elizabeth Warren, 
           Richard J. Durbin, Mazie K. Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Barbara Boxer, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Charles E. Schumer, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Bernard Sanders, Cory A. Booker.

  Mr. REID. Madam 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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