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[Pages S2524-S2525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Romney). 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 John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western
Districts of Oklahoma.
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 John F. Heil III, of Oklahoma, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of
Oklahoma, shall be brought to 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 Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr.
Burr), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), 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 Massachusetts (Mr.
Markey), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr.
Whitehouse) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Loeffler). Are there any other Senators
in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 76, nays 16, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 98 Ex.]
YEAS--76
Baldwin
Barrasso
Bennet
Blackburn
Blunt
Boozman
Braun
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
Loeffler
Manchin
McConnell
McSally
Moran
Murphy
Paul
Perdue
Peters
Portman
Reed
Risch
Roberts
Romney
Rosen
Rubio
Sasse
Scott (FL)
Scott (SC)
Shaheen
Shelby
Sinema
Smith
Sullivan
Tester
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Udall
Warner
Wicker
Young
NAYS--16
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Gillibrand
Harris
Hirono
Klobuchar
Menendez
Merkley
Murray
Schatz
Schumer
Stabenow
Van Hollen
Wyden
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NOT VOTING--8
Alexander
Burr
Markey
Murkowski
Rounds
Sanders
Warren
Whitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 76, the nays are 16.
The motion is agreed to.
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