July 29, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 134 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S4574-S4575]
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

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     Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring to a 
     close debate on the nomination of Lauren McGarity McFerran, 
     of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National 
     Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring 
     December 16, 2024. (Reappointment)
         Mitch McConnell, Joni Ernst, John Thune, Cindy Hyde-
           Smith, Roy Blunt, John Cornyn, Marsha Blackburn, Deb 
           Fischer, John Barrasso, Shelley Moore Capito, Todd 
           Young, John Boozman, Lamar Alexander, David Perdue, 
           Kevin Cramer, Tim Scott, Michael B. Enzi.

  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 Lauren McGarity McFerran, of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five 
years expiring December 16, 2024, shall be brought to a 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 North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), and 
the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cramer). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote or to change their vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 41, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 150 Ex.]

                                YEAS--56

     Alexander
     Baldwin
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Booker
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Cornyn
     Cortez Masto
     Daines
     Duckworth
     Durbin
     Ernst
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Harris
     Hassan
     Heinrich
     Hirono
     Jones
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Leahy
     Manchin
     Markey
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Peters
     Reed
     Rosen
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Sinema
     Smith
     Stabenow
     Sullivan
     Tester
     Udall
     Van Hollen
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--41

     Barrasso
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Braun
     Capito
     Cassidy
     Cotton
     Cramer
     Crapo
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Gardner
     Grassley
     Hawley
     Hoeven
     Hyde-Smith
     Inhofe
     Johnson
     Kennedy
     Lankford
     Lee
     Loeffler
     McConnell
     McSally
     Paul
     Perdue
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Romney
     Rounds
     Rubio
     Sasse
     Scott (FL)
     Scott (SC)
     Shelby
     Thune
     Tillis
     Toomey
     Wicker
     Young

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Burr
     Cruz
     Moran
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 56, the nays are 41.
  The motion is agreed to.

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