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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 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 James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a Member of the
Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30,
2023.
Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, John
Barrasso, Deb Fischer, John Cornyn, Roger F. Wicker,
Roy Blunt, John Thune, Rob Portman, Shelley Moore
Capito, Steve Daines, Lindsey Graham, Pat Roberts,
Cindy Hyde-Smith, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo.
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 James E. Trainor III, of Texas, to be a Member of the
Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2023, shall
be brought a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rules.
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 Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Burr), and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr.
Alexander) would have voted ``yea.''
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Vermont (Mr.
Sanders), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), are
necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 43, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 95 Ex.]
YEAS--50
Barrasso
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
Capito
Cassidy
Collins
Cornyn
Cotton
Cramer
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hawley
Hoeven
Hyde-Smith
Inhofe
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Loeffler
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young
NAYS--43
Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Durbin
Feinstein
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Hirono
Jones
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Sinema
Smith
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Wyden
NOT VOTING--7
Alexander
Brown
Burr
Markey
Rounds
Sanders
Whitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 43.
The motion is agreed to.
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