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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Christopher Murphy and Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S2208 on April 27.
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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. 54, Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Charles E. Schumer, Thomas R. Carper, Ron Wyden, Jack
Reed, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, Michael F.
Bennet, Tim Kaine, Christopher Murphy, Richard J.
Durbin, Cory A. Booker, Martin Heinrich, Chris Van
Hollen, Edward J. Markey, Sherrod Brown, Bernard
Sanders, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Richard Blumenthal.
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 Janet Garvin McCabe, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 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 Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota
(Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott) would have voted ``nay''.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 42, as follows:
YEAS--52
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--42
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunBurrCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrahamHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisManchinMarshallMcConnellMoranPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (SC)SullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--6
BluntCramerPaulRoundsScott (FL)Shelby
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 42.
The motion is agreed to.
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