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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 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 Kea Whetzal Riggs, of New Mexico, to be United States
District Judge for the District of New Mexico.
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 Kea Whetzal Riggs, of New Mexico, to be United States
District Judge for the District of New Mexico, 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 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), and the
Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Braun). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 92, nays 1, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 410 Ex.]
YEAS--92
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
Duckworth
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Feinstein
Fischer
Gardner
Gillibrand
Graham
Grassley
Hassan
Hawley
Heinrich
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Johnson
Jones
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McConnell
McSally
Menendez
Merkley
Moran
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--1
Hirono
NOT VOTING--7
Booker
Harris
Isakson
Klobuchar
Paul
Sanders
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 92, and the nays
are 1.
The motion is agreed to.
The majority leader.
Unanimous Consent Agreement--Executive Calendar
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I want to announce to all of our
Members that by popular demand, the Democratic leader and I will have a
bipartisan agreement that we will have 10-minute votes enforced
tomorrow.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I just want to let our side know that
this will be strictly enforced, so we have to be here.
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