[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 55 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2413-S2414]
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                             Cloture Motion

  The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair 
directs the clerk to read 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under 
     Secretary of the Treasury.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Sheldon Whitehouse, Joseph 
           I. Lieberman, Sherrod Brown, Richard J. Durbin, Daniel 
           K. Inouye, Tom Harkin, Amy Klobuchar, Roland W. Burris, 
           John D. Rockefeller, IV, Jon Tester, Christopher J. 
           Dodd, Byron L. Dorgan, Al Franken, Claire McCaskill, 
           Benjamin L. Cardin.

  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 Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury shall be brought to close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call 
the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer) 
and the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) are necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Utah (Mr. Bennett), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the 
Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), and the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 84, nays 10, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 118 Ex.]

                                YEAS--84

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Baucus
     Bayh
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Burr
     Burris
     Byrd
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Corker
     Crapo
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagan

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     Hatch
     Inouye
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson
     Kaufman
     Kerry
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     LeMieux
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lincoln
     Lugar
     McCain
     McCaskill
     McConnell
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nelson (NE)
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Risch
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Sessions
     Shaheen
     Shelby
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Voinovich
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wicker
     Wyden

                                NAYS--10

     Barrasso
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Cornyn
     DeMint
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Inhofe
     Roberts
     Vitter

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Bennett
     Boxer
     Chambliss
     Coburn
     Harkin
     Hutchison
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 84, the nays are 
10. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a 
quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in 
morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.