[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF STANLEY FISCHER TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
                     OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 768.
  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 Stanley Fischer, of New 
York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2006.


                             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 clerk will 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 
     Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Thomas R. Carper, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Tom Udall, Angus S. King, Jr., Mark Begich, 
           Elizabeth Warren, Martin Heinrich, Patty Murray, Tom 
           Harkin, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Charles E. Schumer, Heidi Heitkamp, Mark R. 
           Warner.

  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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