[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 12 (Thursday, January 28, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S317]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke 
cloture.
  The 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 Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

  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 Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall be brought to a 
close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 77, nays 23, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 15 Ex.]

                                YEAS--77

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennet
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Brown
     Burr
     Burris
     Byrd
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corker
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Gregg
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson
     Kaufman
     Kerry
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     LeMieux
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lugar
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--23

     Begich
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Cantwell
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Ensign
     Feingold
     Grassley
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     McCain
     Merkley
     Risch
     Roberts
     Sanders
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Specter
     Thune
     Vitter
     Wicker
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 77, the nays are 
23. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  Under the previous order, all postcloture time is yielded back. The 
question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of 
Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System?
  Mr. ENSIGN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 70, nays 30, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 16 Ex.]

                                YEAS--70

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Barrasso
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Bennet
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Brown
     Burr
     Burris
     Byrd
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corker
     Dodd
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Feinstein
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Gregg
     Hagan
     Hatch
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson
     Kerry
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lugar
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Webb
     Wyden

                                NAYS--30

     Begich
     Boxer
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Cantwell
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Dorgan
     Ensign
     Feingold
     Franken
     Grassley
     Harkin
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Kaufman
     LeMieux
     McCain
     Merkley
     Risch
     Roberts
     Sanders
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Specter
     Thune
     Vitter
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid on the table. The President will 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action.

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