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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Maria Cantwell was published in the Senate section on page S921 on March 1.
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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 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 Executive Calendar No. 8, Gina Marie Raimondo, of Rhode Island, to be Secretary of Commerce.
Charles E. Schumer, Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse,
Benjamin L. Cardin, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy,
Alex Padilla, Jacky Rosen, Richard J. Durbin, Tammy
Baldwin, Jack Reed, Chris Van Hollen, Richard
Blumenthal, Tim Kaine, Martin Heinrich, Christopher
Murphy, Maria Cantwell.
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 Gina Marie Raimondo, of Rhode Island, to be Secretary of Commerce, 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. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any Senators in the Chamber wishing to vote or change their vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 15, as follows:
YEAS--84
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBoozmanBraunBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCrapoDainesDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLankfordLeahyLeeLujanManchinMarkeyMarshallMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPaulPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterThuneTillisToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--15
BarrassoCottonCramerCruzHagertyHawleyHoevenKennedyLummisRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyTuberville
NOT VOTING--1
Blackburn
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 84, the nays are 15.
The motion is agreed to.
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