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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 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 David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
Mitch McConnell, Pat Roberts, Steve Daines, John
Barrasso, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, John Boozman,
Roger F. Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike
Crapo, David Perdue, John Thune, Tom Cotton, Rick
Scott, Mike Rounds, 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 David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), 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 Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Alexander) would have voted ``yea'' and the Senator from Kansas (Mr.
Moran) would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr.
Blumenthal), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 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 83, nays 10, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 134 Ex.]
YEAS--83
Barrasso
Bennet
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Burr
Cantwell
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
Isakson
Johnson
Jones
Kennedy
King
Lankford
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Menendez
Merkley
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Paul
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Schatz
Schumer
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Van Hollen
Warner
Whitehouse
Wicker
Wyden
Young
NAYS--10
Baldwin
Booker
Brown
Hirono
Kaine
Klobuchar
Markey
Smith
Stabenow
Udall
NOT VOTING--7
Alexander
Blumenthal
Gillibrand
Harris
Moran
Sanders
Warren
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are
10.
The motion is agreed to.
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