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[Page S6819]
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 read.
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 Douglas Russell Cole, of Ohio, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Steve Daines, James E.
Risch, Roger F. Wicker, Pat Roberts, John Thune, Mike
Rounds, Roy Blunt, Mike Crapo, John Boozman, John
Cornyn, Lindsey Graham, Thom Tillis, David Perdue,
Chuck Grassley, Rick Scott.
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 Douglas Russell Cole, of Ohio, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, 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
from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson),
the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from South
Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr.
Johnson) would have voted ``yea.''
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. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote or change their vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 62, nays 29.
[Rollcall Vote No. 372 Ex.]
YEAS--62
Alexander
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Brown
Burr
Capito
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Collins
Coons
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Durbin
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Jones
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murphy
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Sinema
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Whitehouse
Wicker
Young
NAYS--29
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Cantwell
Cardin
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Feinstein
Gillibrand
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Kaine
Markey
Menendez
Merkley
Murray
Peters
Rosen
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Wyden
NOT VOTING--9
Booker
Harris
Isakson
Johnson
Klobuchar
Murkowski
Rounds
Sanders
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 62, the nays are 29.
The motion is agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.
Change of Vote
Mr. CASEY. Madam President, on rollcall vote 372, I voted no. It was
my intention to vote aye. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be
permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The foregoing tally has been changed to reflect the above order.)
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