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“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning John Thune was published in the Senate section on pages S4818-S4819 on July 12.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
Cloture Motion
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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. 67, Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights).
Charles E. Schumer, Jon Ossoff, Margaret Wood Hassan,
Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, Ron Wyden,
Robert Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, Jacky Rosen, Cory
A. Booker, Tammy Duckworth, John Hickenlooper, Jon
Tester, Edward J. Markey, Tammy Baldwin, Brian Schatz,
Gary C. Peters, Tina Smith
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to be an Under 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 bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 71, nays 23, as follows:
YEAS--71
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCrapoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHyde-SmithKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurphyMurray OssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSasseSchatzSchumerScott (SC)ShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterThuneToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--23
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanCottonCramerCruzDainesErnstHagertyHawleyHoevenJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallPaulRubioScott (FL)ShelbySullivanTuberville
NOT VOTING--6
BookerBraunCassidyInhofeMurkowskiTillis
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). On this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 23.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Ohio.
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