[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9522]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF LEO T. SOROKIN TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE 
                       DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session.
  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 assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Leo T. 
Sorokin, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts.


                             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 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 nomination of 
     Leo T. Sorokin, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Massachusetts.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. Coons, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, Al Franken, Jon 
           Tester, Richard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, Richard J. 
           Durbin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill 
           Nelson, Dianne Feinstein, Elizabeth Warren, Tom Harkin, 
           Mazie K. Hirono.

  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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