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“Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)” mentioning Christopher Murphy was published in the Senate section on page S1870 on April 12.
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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. 55, Polly Ellen Trottenberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
Charles E. Schumer, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin,
Christopher A. Coons, Patty Murray, Jeff Merkley, Tammy
Baldwin, Elizabeth Warren, Robert Menendez, Richard
Blumenthal, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Chris Van Hollen,
Ron Wyden, Angus S. King, Jr., Robert P. Casey, Jr.,
Amy Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy.
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 Polly Ellen Trottenberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, 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 Washington (Mrs. Murray) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from North Carolina
(Mr. Tillis).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio) would have voted ``nay.''
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 81, nays 14, as follows:
YEAS--81
BaldwinBarrassoBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBoozmanBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCramerCrapoDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLankfordLeahyLujanLummisManchinMarkeyMarshallMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMurphyOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSasseSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterThuneToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--14
BlackburnBraunCottonCruzDainesHagertyHawleyKennedyLeePaulScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyTuberville
NOT VOTING--5
MoranMurkowskiMurrayRubioTilli
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). On this vote, the yeas are 81, the nays are 14.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Ohio.
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