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“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Tina Smith was published in the Senate section on page S2469 on May 12.
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CLOTURE MOTION
Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state.
The bill 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, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 108, Ronald Stroman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2021.
Charles E. Schumer, Margaret Wood Hassan, Tammy
Duckworth, Jon Tester, John Hickenlooper, Tammy
Baldwin, Brian Schatz, Gary C. Peters, Tina Smith, Cory
A. Booker, Christopher Murphy, Debbie Stabenow, Richard
Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse, Chris Van Hollen,
Benjamin L. Cardin, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Alex Padilla.
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 Ronald Stroman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2021, 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. HICKENLOOPER assumed the Chair.)
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich) is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted ``nay.''
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows:
YEAS--68
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBluntBookerBrownCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoCramerDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHickenlooperHironoHoevenJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenRoundsSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowSullivanTesterThuneToomeyVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--30
BarrassoBlackburnBoozmanBraunBurrCornynCottonCrapoCruzDainesFischerHagertyHawleyHyde-SmithInhofeKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallPaulRischRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyTillisTubervilleWicker
NOT VOTING--2
HeinrichYoung
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 30.
The motion is agreed to.
The Senator from Louisiana.
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