[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 9022-9023]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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  NOMINATION OF KEITH M. HARPER FOR THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR DURING HIS 
  TENURE OF SERVICE AS UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE U.N. HUMAN 
                             RIGHTS COUNCIL

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 633.
  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.

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  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Keith M. Harper, of 
Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion at the desk on 
this matter.
  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 
     Keith M. Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador 
     during his tenure of service as United States Representative 
     to the UN Human Rights Council.
         Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy, Elizabeth 
           Warren, Barbara A. Mikulski, Jack Reed, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Carl Levin, Christopher Murphy, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patty Murray, Thomas R. 
           Carper, John D. Rockefeller IV, Jeff Merkley, Richard 
           J. Durbin, Benjamin L. Cardin.

  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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