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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. 252, David G. Estudillo, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington.
Charles E. Schumer, Tim Kaine, Sherrod Brown, Tammy
Duckworth, Robert Menendez, Christopher A. Coons,
Benjamin L. Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, Ben Ray Lujan,
Margaret Wood Hassan, Alex Padilla, Edward J. Markey,
Maria Cantwell, Patty Murray, Jacky Rosen, Tammy
Baldwin, Tina Smith.
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 David G. Estudillo, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Western 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 senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Indiana
(Mr. Young).
Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young) would have voted ``nay''.
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 42, as follows:
YEAS--52
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownCantwellCardinCarperCaseyCollinsCoonsCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinErnstFeinsteinGillibrandGrahamGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMenendezMerkleyMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersReedRosenSandersSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--42
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBurrCapitoCassidyCornynCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesFischerHagertyHawleyHoevenHyde-SmithInhofeJohnsonKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallMcConnellMoranPaulPortmanRischRomneyRubioSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbySullivanThuneTillisToomeyTubervilleWicker
NOT VOTING--6
BraunKaineMurkowskiRoundsSchatzYoung
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays 42.
The motion was agreed to.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 158
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