[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 19182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF JANET L. YELLEN TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
                     OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 452.
  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 Janet L. 
Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, 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 bill 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 
     Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
         Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Barbara Boxer, Mark Begich, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom Udall, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bernard Sanders, 
           Mazie K. Hirono, Jon Tester, Brian Schatz, Martin 
           Heinrich, Claire McCaskill, Heidi Heitkamp, Kirsten E. 
           Gillibrand.

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