Mr. Reid ask consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations calendar number 44, 144, 189, 303, 334, 356, 358, 359, 361, 362, 367, 371, 372, 378, 379, 380, 387, 388, 390, 401, 403, 404, 406, 407, 409, 410, 41, 415, 416, 171, 418, 423, 242, 238, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further nominations be in order to any of the nominations, that any related statements be printed in the record and that president obama be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate then resume legislative session. The presiding officer is there objection . A senator reserving the right to object. The presiding officer the senator
Some colleagues have seized on a strategy of trying to undermine the capability of the elected executive branch, the president and his executive branch. Read your history. Balance of powers. Not the ability of a minority of one branch to undermine the success of the other two branches. We need these three branches each doing their assigned roles. So here we are now after this long set of strategies, of paralysis on moashedz , motions to proceed, on executive branch nominees, on shall judicial nominees, the First Step Towards restoring the function of the u. S. Senate and said we should return to the upanddown votes as envisioned by advice and consent, as envisioned by Alexander Hamilton who railed against the notion that a minority would be able to knock block the will of the majority in a chamber. And in a strategy of tral paralysis were here rather than having voted much earlier in the day and instead of working on legislation that would create jobs, were standing here through a seri