[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 CYNTHIA ANN BASHANT TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 589.
  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 Cynthia Ann Bashant, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of California.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk on this nomination.
  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 
     Cynthia Ann Bashant, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Southern District of California.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Mark L. 
           Pryor, Mark Begich, Robert Menendez, Tom Harkin, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Jon 
           Tester, Richard J. Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Claire McCaskill, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed.

  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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