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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Christopher Murphy and Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S1890 on April 13.
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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 bill 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. 33, Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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 Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2021, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows:
YEAS--53
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanLummisManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--45
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeMarshallMcConnellMoranMurkowskiPaulPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--2
RoundsTillis
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 45.
The motion is agreed to.
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
The bill clerk read the nomination of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2021.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.
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