[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 7797-7798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF JAMES ALAN SOTO TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                        THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 669.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of James Alan Soto, of 
Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. 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 
     James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District 
     Judge for the District of Arizona.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert Menendez, 
           Christopher Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Angus S. King, Jr., Richard Blumenthal, Jeff 
           Merkley, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne Feinstein, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Edward J. Markey, Cory A. Booker.

  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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