[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12190]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 NOMINATION OF JOHN W. deGRAVELLES TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 
                  FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

  Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to executive session to consider 
Calendar No. 854.
  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 John W. 
deGravelles, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Louisiana.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. There is a cloture motion at the desk that I ask the Chair 
to have reported.
  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 
     John W. deGravelles, of Louisiana, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana.
         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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