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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Patrick J. Leahy was published in the Senate section on page S5923 on Aug. 5.
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CLOTURE MOTION
Mr. SCHUMER. I ask that the Senate vote on cloture as under the previous order.
This vote--I know that Members are probably not all here right now, so we will keep it open for a little while. I urge Members to get here soon.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The senior assistant 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 the debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 250, Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.
Charles E. Schumer, Tammy Duckworth, Christopher Murphy,
Richard Durbin, Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon
Whitehouse, Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin, Tina Smith,
Elizabeth Warren, Martin Heinrich, Richard Blumenthal,
Margaret Hassan, Raphael Warnock, Kirsten Gillibrand,
Jacky Rosen, Patrick Leahy.
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 Eunice C. Lee, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows:
YEAS--50
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--49
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCollinsCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranMurkowskiPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--1
Graham
(Mr. PADILLA assumed the chair.)
(Ms. BALDWIN assumed the chair.)
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. King). On this vote the yeas are 50, the nays are 49.
The motion is agreed to.
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