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                             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 John Leonard Badalamenti, of 
Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Florida.
         Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, John 
           Barrasso, Deb Fischer, John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker, 
           Roy Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, Shelley Moore 
           Capito, Steve Daines, Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts, 
           Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo.

  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 John Leonard Badalamenti, of Florida, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 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. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. 
Burr), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
  Further, if present and voting the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. 
Markey), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), and the Senator 
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 65, nays 28, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 102 Ex.]

                                YEAS--65

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Braun
     Capito
     Carper
     Cassidy
     Collins
     Cornyn
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hassan
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Jones
     Kennedy
     King

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     Lankford
     Leahy
     Lee
     Loeffler
     Manchin
     McConnell
     McSally
     Moran
     Murphy
     Paul
     Perdue
     Peters
     Portman
     Reed
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Sinema
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Young

                                NAYS--28

     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Casey
     Coons
     Cortez Masto
     Gillibrand
     Harris
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Kaine
     Klobuchar
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Rosen
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Alexander
     Burr
     Markey
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Rounds
     Sanders
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 65, the nays are 
28.
  The motion is agreed to.
  The majority leader.

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