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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. 259, Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Charles E. Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, Christopher
Murphy, Gary C. Peters, Michael F. Bennet, Robert P.
Casey, Jr., Benjamin L. Cardin, Patty Murray, Catherine
Cortez Masto, Tammy Duckworth, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert
Menendez, Bernard Sanders, Mark R. Warner, Tina Smith,
Richard J. Durbin, Ben Ray Lujan.
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 Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, 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 New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), is necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall) would have voted ``nay''.
(Mr. OSSOFF assumed the Chair.)
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 39, as follows:
YEAS--54
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMerkleyMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenRubioSandersSchatzSchumerScott (FL)ShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--39
BarrassoBluntBoozmanBraunCapitoCassidyCornynCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstFischerGrassleyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsSasseScott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--7
BlackburnBurrCottonHagertyJohnsonMarshallMenendez
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 39, and the motion is agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 177
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