[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8320-8321]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF DAVID JEREMIAH BARRON TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE 
                         FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 576.
  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 assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of David Jeremiah 
Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
First Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I understand there is a cloture motion at 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.

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  The assistant 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 
     David Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Mazie Hirono, Dianne 
           Feinstein, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Tom Harkin, Barbara Boxer, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Debbie Stabenow, Edward 
           J. Markey, Richard J. Durbin, Carl Levin, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Patty Murray.

  Mr. REID. Madam 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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