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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 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 David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy
Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January
19, 2025. (Reappointment)
Mitch McConnell, David Perdue, John Cornyn, John
Barrasso, Mike Crapo, John Thune, Tim Scott, John
Hoeven, Shelley Moore Capito, Kevin Cramer, John
Boozman, Steve Daines, Richard Burr, James E. Risch,
Roy Blunt, Thom Tillis, Martha McSally.
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 David Fabian Black, of North Dakota, to be Deputy
Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January 19, 2025,
shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr.
Graham), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
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Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Alabama (Mr.
Jones), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr.
Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 25, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 297 Ex.]
YEAS--66
Alexander
Barrasso
Bennet
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Grassley
Hassan
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Sullivan
Thune
Toomey
Warner
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--25
Baldwin
Blumenthal
Brown
Cantwell
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Gillibrand
Heinrich
Hirono
Klobuchar
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murray
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schatz
Schumer
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
NOT VOTING--9
Blackburn
Booker
Graham
Harris
Jones
Sanders
Tillis
Warren
Whitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 66, the nays are 25.
The motion is agreed to.
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