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“Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S1635 on March 18.
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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 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. 17, Martin Joseph Walsh, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Labor.
Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Richard Blumenthal,
Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley,
Brian Schatz, Amy Klobuchar, Benjamin L. Cardin, Cory
A. Booker, Edward J. Markey, Angus S. King, Jr., Robert
P. Casey, Jr., Chris Van Hollen, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten
E. Gillibrand, Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.
The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that the nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Labor, 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 Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows:
YEAS--68
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCramerDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHoevenKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLeeLujanManchinMarkeyMarshallMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterTillisTubervilleVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--30
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunCottonCrapoCruzDainesErnstHagertyHawleyHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonLankfordLummisMcConnellMoranPaulRischRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyThuneToomeyWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--2
HironoKennedy
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). On this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 30.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from West Virginia.
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