[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11853-11854]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF RONNIE L. WHITE TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR 
                    THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed to executive session to 
consider Calendar No. 850.
  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.

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  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Ronnie L. White, of 
Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Missouri.


                             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 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 
     Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Claire McCaskill, Tim 
           Kaine, Angus S. King, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, Bill 
           Nelson, Jon Tester, Patty Murray, Christopher Murphy, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin, Mark Begich, Sheldon Whitehouse, 
           Elizabeth Warren, Debbie Stabenow, 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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