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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 assistant 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. 347, Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy,
Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian
Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Catherine Cortez Masto,
Christopher A. Coons, Ron Wyden, Margaret Wood Hassan,
Edward J. Markey, Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard J.
Durbin, Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Angus S. King,
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 Matthew G. Olsen, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) and the Sentator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Sentator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) and the Sentator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
The PRESIDING OFFICER, (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yes and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 44, as follows:
YEAS--52
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownBurrCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--44
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoDainesErnstFischerGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--4
CruzFeinsteinRoundsSanders
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 44.
The motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 189
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