[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 INDIRA TALWANI TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                       DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 655.
  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 Indira Talwani, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I ask the cloture motion 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 
     Indira Talwani, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
         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. 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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