[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 9024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF TANYA S. CHUTKAN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                        THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 733.
  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 Tanya S. Chutkan, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion filed at the 
desk. I ask that it be reported.
  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 
     Tanya S. Chutkan, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Richard J. Durbin, Sherrod Brown, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Carl Levin, Bill Nelson, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Elizabeth Warren, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Mazie K. Hirono, Tom Harkin, Tom 
           Udall.

  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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