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“CLOTURE MOTION (Executive Session)” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S1488 on March 11.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
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. 31, Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Charles E. Schumer, Chris Van Hollen, Michael F. Bennet,
Jack Reed, Tammy Duckworth, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff
Merkley, Christopher A. Coons, Richard Blumenthal,
Patrick J. Leahy, Amy Klobuchar, Tina Smith, Brian
Schatz, Robert Menendez, Richard J. Durbin, Martin
Heinrich, Maria Cantwell.
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 Debra Anne Haaland, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of the Interior, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 42, as follows:
YEAS--54
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--42
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCapitoCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--4
BurrCassidyKennedyMoran
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 42.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Oklahoma is recognized.
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