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“Cloture Motion (Executive Session)” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S3326 on May 24.
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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 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. 117, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Charles E. Schumer, Patty Murray, Alex Padilla, Sheldon
Whitehouse, Jeff Merkley, Jack Reed, Debbie Stabenow,
Benjamin L. Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, Elizabeth Warren,
Jacky Rosen, Richard Blumenthal, Tina Smith, John
Hickenlooper, Michael F. Bennet, Tim Kaine, Brian
Schatz.
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 Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 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.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) would have voted ``nay'' and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted ``nay.''
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 43, as follows:
YEAS--52
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NAYS--43
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NOT VOTING--5
CruzKennedyMoranMurrayYoung
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Heinrich). On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 43.
The motion is agreed to.
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