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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Angus S. King, Jr. was published in the Senate section on page S1421 on March 9.
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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 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 debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 27, Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General.
Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Richard
Blumenthal, Christopher A. Coons, Patty Murray, Chris
Van Hollen, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Brian
Schatz, Cory A. Booker, Debbie Stabenow, Amy Klobuchar,
Jon Ossoff, Alex Padilla, Benjamin L. Cardin, Sherrod
Brown, Angus S. King, Jr., Tim Kaine.
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 Merrick Brian Garland, of Maryland, to be Attorney General, 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 North Dakota (Mr. Cramer).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 70, nays 29, as follows;
YEAS--70
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoInhofeJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLankfordLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterThuneTillisVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--29
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunCottonCrapoCruzDainesFischerHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithKennedyLeeLummisMarshallPaulRischRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--1
Cramer
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). On this vote, the yeas are 70, the nays are 29.
The motion is agreed to.
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