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[Page S1754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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 Paul B. Matey, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Third Circuit.
Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, Roy Blunt, John Cornyn,
Joni Ernst, Lindsey Graham, John Boozman, Mike Rounds,
Thom Tillis, Steve Daines, James E. Risch, John Hoeven,
Mike Crapo, Shelley Moore Capito, John Thune, Pat
Roberts, Jerry Moran.
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 Paul B. Matey, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Third Circuit, 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 South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Alaska (Ms.
Murkowski), and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Perdue)
would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr.
Manchin), 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 50, nays 44, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 41 Ex.]
YEAS--50
Alexander
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Grassley
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Paul
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young
NAYS--44
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Feinstein
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Jones
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NOT VOTING--6
Graham
Manchin
Murkowski
Murray
Perdue
Sanders
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are
44.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Georgia is recognized.
Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in
morning business.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
