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“Cloture Motion (Executive Calendar)” mentioning Benjamin L. Cardin was published in the Senate section on page S883 on Feb. 25.
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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. 16, Miguel A. Cardona, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education.
Charles E. Schumer, Cory A. Booker, Jon Ossoff, Richard
Blumenthal, Richard J. Durbin, Alex Padilla,
Christopher A. Coons, Sheldon Whitehouse, Robert
Menendez, Benjamin L. Cardin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand,
Tim Kaine, Tammy Baldwin, Ron Wyden, Mazie K. Hirono,
Tammy Duckworth, Sherrod Brown.
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 Miguel A. Cardona, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education, 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. THUNE. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Sullivan).
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Van Hollen). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 32, as follows:
YEAS--66
BaldwinBennetBlumenthalBookerBrownBurrCantwellCapitoCardinCarperCaseyCassidyCollinsCoonsCornynCortez MastoDuckworthDurbinFeinsteinFischerGillibrandGrassleyHassanHeinrichHickenlooperHironoHyde-SmithJohnsonKaineKellyKingKlobucharLeahyLujanManchinMarkeyMcConnellMenendezMerkleyMoranMurkowskiMurphyMurrayOssoffPadillaPetersPortmanReedRomneyRosenRubioSandersSchatzSchumerShaheenSinemaSmithStabenowTesterTillisVan HollenWarnerWarnockWarrenWhitehouseWyden
NAYS--32
BarrassoBlackburnBluntBoozmanBraunCottonCramerCrapoCruzDainesErnstGrahamHagertyHawleyHoevenKennedyLankfordLeeLummisMarshallPaulRischRoundsSasseScott (FL)Scott (SC)ShelbyThuneToomeyTubervilleWickerYoung
NOT VOTING--2
InhofeSulliva
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are 66, the nays are 32.
The motion is agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nevada.
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