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“CLOTURE MOTION” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Dec. 7

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Jeff Merkley was mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on page S8944 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Dec. 7 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 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. 480, Deirdre Hamilton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2022.

Charles E. Schumer, Richard Blumenthal, Richard J.

Durbin, Angus S. King, Jr., Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth

Warren, Debbie Stabenow, Gary C. Peters, Tammy Baldwin,

Tina Smith, Mark R. Warner, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tammy

Duckworth, Margaret Wood Hassan, Tim Kaine, Patrick J.

Leahy, Jeff Merkley, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed.

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 Deirdre Hamilton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2022, 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 Illinois (Ms. Duckworth) is necessarily absent.

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

YEAS--51

BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden

NAYS--48

BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung

NOT VOTING--1

Duckworth

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Sinema). On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 48.

The motion is agreed to.

____________________

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 211

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