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




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF MANISH S. SHAH TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                     NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 587.
  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 Manish S. Shah, of 
Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Illinois.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk on this nomination, Mr. 
President.
  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 
     Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
         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, Bill Nelson, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, 
           Tom Udall, Angus S. King, Jr.

  Mr. REID. 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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