[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 STANLEY FISCHER TO BE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF 
                GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 767.
  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 Stanley 
Fischer, of New York, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Madam President, there is a cloture motion that I ask to 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 nomination of 
     Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be Vice Chairman 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. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorum call under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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