[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9523]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF LAEL BRAINARD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF 
                       THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 769.
  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 Lael Brainard, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System for a term of 14 years from February 1, 
2012.


                             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 report 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 
     Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of 
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Christopher A. Coons, Tim Kaine, 
           Brian Schatz, Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin 
           L. Cardin, Jack Reed, Tom Harkin, Richard J. Durbin, 
           Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher Murphy, 
           Elizabeth Warren, Bill Nelson, Robert Menendez.

  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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