The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Christopher Murphy was published in the Senate section on page S2266 on April 28.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
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 the debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 61, Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, Ron Wyden, Jack
Reed, Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, Michael F.
Bennet, Tim Kaine, Christopher Murphy, Richard J.
Durbin, Christopher A. Coons, Cory A. Booker, Robert P.
Casey, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Chris Van Hollen, Sherrod
Brown, Edward J. Markey, Bernard Sanders.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.
The question is, Is it sense of the Senate that Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 67, nays 28, as follows:
YEAS--67
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownBurrCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCrapoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenSandersSasseSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--28
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunCassidyCottonCruzDainesErnstGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallRubioScott (FL)Scott (SC)SullivanThuneTillisToomeyTuberville
NOT VOTING--5
CantwellCramerPaulRoundsShelby
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 67, the nays are 28.
The motion is agreed to.
____________________
Alerts Sign-up