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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 John M. Gallagher, 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 John M. Gallagher, 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 senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator
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 California (Ms. Harris), the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator
from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms.
Warren) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote or change their vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 82, nays 10, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 407 Ex.]
YEAS--82
Alexander
Baldwin
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blumenthal
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Brown
Burr
Capito
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cortez Masto
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Duckworth
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
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Young
NAYS--10
Bennet
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Hirono
Markey
Merkley
Murray
Schatz
Schumer
Wyden
NOT VOTING--8
Booker
Harris
Isakson
Klobuchar
Paul
Sanders
Stabenow
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 82, the nays are
10.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senate majority whip.
Unanimous Consent Agreement--Executive Calendar
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture
motions on Executive Calendar Nos. 234 and 349 be withdrawn; further,
that the confirmation votes on the nominations occur in the series of
votes in the previous order, with all other provisions remaining in
effect.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
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