“CLOTURE MOTION” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 1

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Volume 167, No. 38, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“CLOTURE MOTION” mentioning Jacky Rosen was published in the Senate section on page S921 on March 1.

Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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

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NAYS–15

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NOT VOTING–1

Blackburn

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 84, the nays are 15.

The motion is agreed to.

____________________

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 38



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