[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JAMES D. PETERSON TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                   THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 656.
  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 James D. Peterson, of 
Wisconsin, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Wisconsin.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk and I 
ask that it be reported.
  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 
     James D. Peterson, of Wisconsin, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mazie K. Hirono, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Al Franken, Jack Reed, Amy Klobuchar, Robert 
           P. Casey, Jr., Sheldon Whitehouse, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, Richard Blumenthal, Edward 
           J. Markey, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. Schumer, 
           Elizabeth Warren.

  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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