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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Patrick J. Leahy was published in the Senate section on pages S2428-S2429 on May 11.
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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. 65, Cynthia Minette Marten, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Education.
Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Michael F. Bennet, Jack
Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Patrick J. Leahy, Martin
Heinrich, Catherine Cortez Masto, Kirsten E.
Gillibrand, Christopher Murphy, Christopher A. Coons,
Tammy
Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine,
Thomas R. Carper, Amy Klobuchar, Margaret Wood Hassan.
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 Cynthia Minette Marten, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, 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 Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) are necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows:
YEAS--54
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrassleyHassanHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--44
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulRischRomneyRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--2
HeinrichLeah
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 44.
The motion is agreed to.
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