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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 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 nomination of
Howard C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Utah.
Mitch McConnell, Tom Cotton, Steve Daines, David Perdue,
Roger F. Wicker, John Hoeven, Pat Roberts, Jerry Moran,
Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Boozman, James E. Risch, Mike
Rounds, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, Lindsey Graham, John
Thune, 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 Howard C. Nielson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Utah, shall be brought to a close?
The majority leader.
Order of Procedure
Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that
following this vote, notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate recess until
3:45 p.m. and that at 3:45 p.m., the Senate vote on the motion to
invoke cloture on the Clark, Nichols, and Bell nominations; finally,
that if cloture is invoked on the nominations, the confirmation votes
on the Nielson, Clark, Nichols, and Bell nominations occur at a time to
be determined by the majority leader, in consultation with the
Democratic leader, on Wednesday, May 22.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
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 Colorado (Mr. Bennet) is
necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Blackburn). Are there any other Senators
in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 47, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 119 Ex.]
YEAS--52
Alexander
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young
NAYS--47
Baldwin
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Feinstein
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Jones
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NOT VOTING--1
Bennet
PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 47.
The motion is agreed to.
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