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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning John Thune was published in the Senate section on pages S4921-S4922 on July 15.
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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. 193, Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.
Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Tina Smith,
Margaret Wood Hassan, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeff
Merkley, Patty Murray, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie Stabenow,
Gary C. Peters, Angus S. King, Jr., Sheldon Whitehouse,
Robert P. Casey, Jr., Christopher Murphy, Ben Ray
Lujan, Jack Reed, Chris Van Hollen.
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 Tiffany P. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, 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. THUNE. The following Senators ares necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Wisconsin
(Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 34, as follows:
YEAS--63
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwell CapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLeeLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenRoundsRubioSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterTillisVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--34
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCassidyCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeKennedyLankfordLummisMarshallMcConnellPaulRischSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--3
GrahamJohnsonMora
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). On this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 34.
The motion is agreed to.
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