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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning John Thune was published in the Senate section on page S1882 on April 13.
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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 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 Executive Calendar No. 35, Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Chris Van Hollen,
Tammy Baldwin, Richard J. Durbin, Thomas R. Carper,
Tina Smith, Richard Blumenthal, Ben Ray Lujan, Debbie
Stabenow, Ron Wyden, Cory A. Booker, Alex Padilla, Jack
Reed, Mark R. Warner, Chris Van Hollen, Robert P.
Casey, Jr.
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 Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 55, nays 42, as follows:
YEAS--55
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--42
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulRischRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--3
BookerTillisWarnoc
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 55, the nays are 42.
The motion is agreed to.
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