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“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning Christopher Murphy was published in the Senate section on page S2094 on April 21.
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Cloture Motion
Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the Gupta nomination be waived.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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. 62, Vanita Gupta, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General.
Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Mazie K. Hirono,
Tammy Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, Alex Padilla, Maria
Cantwell, Sheldon Whitehouse, Cory A. Booker, Debbie
Stabenow, Brian Schatz, Tim Kaine, Kirsten E.
Gillibrand, Benjamin L. Cardin, Gary C. Peters, Patrick
J. Leahy, Christopher Murphy.
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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 Vanita Gupta, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, 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.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 49, as follows:
YEAS--51
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--49
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCollinsCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
(Mr. KELLY assumed the Chair.)
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). On this vote, we have 51 yeas and 49 nays.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Texas.
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