[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JULIE E. CARNES TO BE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE 
                            ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to proceed now to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 849.
  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 Julie E. 
Carnes, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh 
Circuit.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, there is a cloture motion at the desk on 
this nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to report 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 
     Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patty 
           Murray, Elizabeth Warren, Charles E. Schumer, Jack 
           Reed, Christopher A. Coons, Dianne Feinstein, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Benjamin L. Cardin, Mazie K. Hirono, Richard 
           Blumenthal, Amy Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy, Cory A. 
           Booker, Martin Heinrich.

  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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