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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 Karen Spencer Marston, of Pennsylvania, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.
Mitch McConnell, Mike Crapo, Thom Tillis, Mike Rounds,
Lamar Alexander, John Hoeven, Roger F. Wicker, Pat
Roberts, John Thune, Cindy Hyde-Smith, John Boozman,
Tom Cotton, Chuck Grassley, Kevin Cramer, Steve Daines,
Todd Young, John Cornyn.
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 Karen Spencer Marston, of Pennsylvania, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, shall
be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
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from Georgia (Mr. Isakson) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker),
the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from California
(Ms. Harris), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator
from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms.
Warren) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Blackburn). Are there any other Senators
in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 85, nays 7, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 404 Ex.]
YEAS--85
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blackburn
Blumenthal
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Brown
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hawley
Heinrich
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Menendez
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Young
NAYS--7
Gillibrand
Hirono
Markey
Merkley
Schatz
Schumer
Wyden
NOT VOTING--8
Booker
Duckworth
Harris
Isakson
Klobuchar
Paul
Sanders
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 85, the nays are 7.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from South Dakota.
Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following
the first vote in the series, the votes be 10 minutes each.
Mr. WICKER. Reserving the right to object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.
Mr. WICKER. Madam President, I would simply hope that--and I will not
object--we will mean what we say when we limit the time on these votes.
We have eight more votes, and if Members will cooperate, we can get
finished with that.
I withdraw my objection.
Mr. THUNE. Well stated.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
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