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“Vote on McDonough Nomination (Executive Session)” mentioning John Thune was published in the Senate section on pages S568-S569 on Feb. 8.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
Vote on McDonough Nomination
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the McDonough nomination?
Mr. TESTER. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Kansas
(Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
Further, if present and voting, The Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) would have voted ``yea.''; and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) would have voted ``yea.''
The result was announced--yeas 87, nays 7, as follows:
YEAS--87
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NAYS--7
CottonCruzErnstHagertyHawleyMarshallScott (FL)
NOT VOTING--6
BarrassoBurrInhofeMoranPaulToomey
The nomination was confirmed.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
The Senator from Ohio.
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