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“CLOTURE MOTION” published by Congressional Record in the Senate section on Oct. 26

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Jeff Merkley was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S7353-S7354 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 26 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

CLOTURE MOTION

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.

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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 364, Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, Tammy Duckworth,

Martin Heinrich, Christopher A. Coons, Jack Reed,

Benjamin L. Cardin, Angus S. King, Jr., Alex Padilla,

Jeff Merkley, Christopher Murphy, Sheldon Whitehouse,

Tina Smith, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard J. Durbin, Richard

Blumenthal, Robert P. Casey, Jr.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.

The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination of Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.

The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk called the roll.

Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 69, nays 29, as follows:

YEAS--69

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NAYS--29

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NOT VOTING--2

FeinsteinRounds

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). The yeas are 69, the nays are 29.

The motion is agreed to.

____________________

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 188

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