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“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S2051 on April 20.
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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 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. 34, Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2026. (Reappointment)
Charles E. Schumer, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Durbin,
Christopher A. Coons, Jeff Merkley, Debbie Stabenow,
Richard Blumenthal, Jacky Rosen, Michael F. Bennet,
Tammy Duckworth, Amy Klobuchar, Jon Ossoff, Chris Van
Hollen, Martin Heinrich, Mark R. Warner, Dianne
Feinstein, Gary C. Peters, Kyrsten Sinema.
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 a term expiring June 5, 2026, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott).
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows:
YEAS--54
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanLummisManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--44
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeMarshallMcConnellMoranMurkowskiPaulPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Burr
NOT VOTING--1
Scott (SC)
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 54, the nays are 44, and one Senator responded ``present.''
The motion is agreed to.
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