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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Tina Smith was published in the Senate section on page S797 on Feb. 23.
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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 Calendar No. 11, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.
Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Tina Smith, Tammy
Baldwin, Thomas R. Carper, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patrick
J. Leahy, Brian Schatz, Christopher A. Coons, Jack
Reed, Michael F. Bennet, Debbie Stabenow, Chris Van
Hollen, Ron Wyden, Martin Heinrich, Bernard Sanders,
Edward J. Markey, Cory A. Booker.
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 Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, 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 New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 77, nays 20, as follows:
YEAS--77
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBoozmanBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoCrapoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKaineKellyKennedyKingKlobucharLeahyLeeLujanLummisManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRischRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterThuneTillisVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWickerWydenYoung
NAYS--20
BarrassoBlackburnBraunCottonCramerCruzDainesErnstGrassleyHagertyHawleyHoevenLankfordMarshallRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyTuberville
NOT VOTING--3
PaulShaheenToomey
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 77, the nays are 20.
The motion is agreed to.
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