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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 the nomination
of Gen. John E. Hyten for appointment as Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and for appointment in the United
States Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a
position of importance and responsibility in accordance with
title 10, U.S.C., sections 154 and 601: to be General.
Mitch McConnell, Roger F. Wicker, John Cornyn, Richard C.
Shelby, John Barrasso, Johnny Isakson, Richard Burr,
Thom Tillis, Mike Rounds, Mike Crapo, James E. Risch,
Roy Blunt, John Boozman, John Thune, David Perdue, John
Hoeven, Steve Daines.
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 General John E. Hyten for appointment as Vice Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and for appointment in the United States Air
Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance
and responsibility in accordance with title 10, U.S.C., sections 154
and 601: to be General, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Florida (Mr. Rubio).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio)
would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet),
the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator
from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 73, nays 21, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 308 Ex.]
YEAS--73
Alexander
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Capito
Carper
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Durbin
Enzi
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hawley
Heinrich
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Sasse
Schatz
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Young
NAYS--21
Baldwin
Blumenthal
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Casey
Duckworth
Ernst
Gillibrand
Hirono
Klobuchar
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murray
Peters
Schumer
Stabenow
Udall
Van Hollen
Wyden
NOT VOTING--6
Bennet
Booker
Harris
Rubio
Sanders
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 73, the nays are 21.
The motion is agreed to.
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