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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Bernard Sanders and Patrick J. Leahy was published in the Senate section on page S2210 on April 27.
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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 bill 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. 68, Colin Hackett Kahl, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
Charles E. Schumer, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin,
Christopher A. Coons, Ron Wyden, Jack Reed, Benjamin L.
Cardin, Michael F. Bennet, Tim Kaine, Christopher
Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, Edward J. Markey, Cory A.
Booker, Sherrod Brown, Bernard Sanders, Robert P.
Casey, Jr., Martin Heinrich.
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 Colin Hackett Kahl, of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 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 Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby) would have voted ``nay'' and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have voted ``nay.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote or change their vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 44, as follows:
YEAS--49
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWyden
NAYS--44
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCollinsCornynCottonCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranMurkowskiPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (SC)SullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--7
BluntCramerPaulRoundsScott (FL)ShelbyWhitehouse
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44.
The motion is agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider on the McCabe nomination is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
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