Congressional Record publishes “CLOTURE MOTION” in the Senate section on Dec. 17

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Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto were mentioned in CLOTURE MOTION on pages S9295-S9296 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Dec. 17 in the Congressional Record.

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 the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 573, Mary Katherine Dimke, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington.

Charles E. Schumer, Richard J. Durbin, Brian Schatz,

Martin Heinrich, Alex Padilla, Jacky Rosen, Margaret

Wood Hassan, Dianne Feinstein, Benjamin L. Cardin,

Richard Blumenthal, Angus S. King, Jr., Bernard

Sanders, Christopher Murphy, Sheldon Whitehouse,

Sherrod Brown, Michael F. Bennet, Christopher A. Coons.

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 Mary Katherine Dimke, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 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 California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Sinema) are necessarily absent.

Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Montana

(Mr. Daines), the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Portman), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey).

The result was announced–yeas 47, nays 23, as follows:

YEAS–47

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NAYS–23

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NOT VOTING–30

BarrassoBlackburnBurrCapitoCornynCramerDainesErnstFeinsteinFischerGrahamHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKaine LummisManchinMcConnellMoranMurrayOssoffPaulPortmanRischRomneyRoundsSandersShelbySinemaToomey

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 23.

The motion is agreed to.

____________________

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 218

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