[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6230-6231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF STANLEY ALLEN BASTIAN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 586.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the 
motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Stanley Allen Bastian, 
of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk on this 
nomination.

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  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 
     Stanley Allen Bastian, of Washington, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Jon Tester, Barbara Boxer, 
           Charles E. Schumer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher A. Coons, 
           John D. Rockefeller IV, Carl Levin, Maria Cantwell, 
           Bill Nelson, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, 
           Patty Murray, Tom Udall, Angus S. King, Jr.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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