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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 senior 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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 244, Sarah Bianchi, of Virginia, to be Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, Textiles, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of Ambassador.
Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, Sheldon Whitehouse,
Jack Reed, Martin Heinrich, Michael F. Bennet, Jacky
Rosen, Richard Blumenthal, Alex Padilla, John
Hickenlooper, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Tina Smith, Tim
Kaine, Ben Ray Lujan, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley.
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 Sarah Bianchi, of Virginia, to be Deputy United States Trade Representative (Asia, Africa, Investment, Services, Textiles, and Industrial Competitiveness), with the rank of Ambassador, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative 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 85, nays 13, as follows:
YEAS--85
BaldwinBarrassoBennetBlackburnBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCramerCrapoDainesDuckworthDurbinErnstFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHagertyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeKaineKellyKennedyKingKlobucharLeahyLeeLujanLummisManchinMarkeyMarshallMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenSandersSasseSchatzSchumerScott (SC)ShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterThuneTillisToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--13
BoozmanBraunCottonCruzHawleyJohnsonLankfordMcConnellPaulRubioScott (FL)ShelbyTuberville
NOT VOTING--2
FeinsteinRounds
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). On this vote, the yeas are 85, the nays are 13.
The motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 165
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