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Jeff Merkley was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S7446-S7447 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 28 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

CLOTURE MOTION

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.

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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 471, Beth Robinson, of Vermont, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.

Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Mazie K. Hirono,

Jeff Merkley, Tammy Duckworth, Sheldon Whitehouse,

Brian Schatz, Patrick J. Leahy, Alex Padilla, Jack

Reed, Chris Van Hollen, Christopher Murphy, Jacky

Rosen, Edward J. Markey, Martin Heinrich, Christopher

A. Coons.

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Beth Robinson, of Vermont, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 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), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), are necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Fischer), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young).

Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted ``nay.''

(Ms. CORTEZ MASTO assumed the Chair.)

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Warnock). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 36, as follows:

YEAS--51

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NAYS--36

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NOT VOTING--13

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 51, the nays are 36.

The motion is agreed to.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 190

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