[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 10030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                   2015--MOTION TO PROCEED--Continued

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  That motion is now pending.


                             cloture motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask that the cloture motion at the desk 
be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  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 motion to 
     proceed to calendar No. 428, H.R. 4660, an act making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, 
     Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.
         Harry Reid, Barbara Mikulski, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Elizabeth Warren, Tim Kaine, Richard Blumenthal, Robert 
           P. Menendez, Debbie Stabenow, Christopher Murphy, 
           Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown, 
           Patty Murray, Tom Harkin, Tom Udall, Christopher A. 
           Coons, Robert P. Casey, Jr.

  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.


                           order of procedure

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that on Monday, 
June 16, 2014, at 5:30 p.m., the Senate proceed to executive session, 
and that notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate proceed to vote on 
cloture on Executive Calendar Nos. 740, 741, and 778; further, that if 
cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, on Tuesday, June 17, 
2014, at 11 a.m., all postcloture time be expired and the Senate 
proceed to vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order upon 
which cloture was invoked; further, that following Senate action on 
these nominations on Tuesday, the Senate proceed to vote on cloture on 
Calendar No. 572; further, that there be 2 minutes for debate prior to 
each vote and all rollcall votes after the first vote in each sequence 
be 10 minutes in length; further, with respect to the nominations in 
this agreement, that if any nomination is confirmed, the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, and the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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