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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Richard Blumenthal was published in the Senate section on page S4512 on June 14.
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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. 119, Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2017.
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 Lina M. Khan, of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of seven years from September 26, 2017, 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 Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse).
The result was announced--yeas 72, nays 25, as follows:
YEAS--72
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBraunBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCramerDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHawleyHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHoevenHyde-SmithJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMarshallMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterThuneVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--25
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanCottonCrapoCruzDainesErnstHagertyInhofeKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMcConnellPaulRischRomneyScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanTillisToomeyTuberville
NOT VOTING--3
BluntRubioSass
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 72, the nays are 25.
The motion is agreed to.
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