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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S1541 on March 16.
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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. 29, Katherine C. Tai, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
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 Katherine C. Tai, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. Hirono) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 98, nays 0, as follows:
YEAS--98
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NOT VOTING--2
HironoLummi
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are 0.
The motion is agreed to.
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