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Catherine Cortez Masto was mentioned in Cloture Motion (Executive Session) on page S6901 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Oct. 5 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 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, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of Executive Calendar No. 336, Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

Charles E. Schumer, Robert Menendez, Patrick J. Leahy,

Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Sheldon Whitehouse, Brian

Schatz, Debbie Stabenow, Catherine Cortez Masto,

Christopher A. Coons, Ron Wyden, Margaret Wood Hassan,

Edward J. Markey, Benjamin L. Cardin, Richard J.

Durbin, Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Angus S. King,

Jr.

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 Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall be brought to a close?

The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.

The clerk will call the roll.

The bill clerk called the roll.

Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein) is necessarily absent.

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 78, nays 21, as follows:

YEAS--78

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NAYS--21

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NOT VOTING--1

Feinstein

The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lujan). On this vote, the yeas are 78 and the nays are 21.

The motion was agreed to.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I and Senator Hagerty be able to complete our remarks prior to the scheduled recess.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 175

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