[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 33 (Thursday, March 7, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S1249]
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                             Cloture Motion

  Under the previous order, pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays 
before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will 
report.
  The 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 
     John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency.
         Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, John D. Rockefeller IV, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed, Benjamin L. 
           Cardin, Thomas R. Carper, Christopher A. Coons, Robert 
           P. Casey, Jr., Mark L. Pryor, Bill Nelson, Mark Begich, 
           Barbara A. Mikulski, Patty Murray, Carl Levin, Joe 
           Manchin III.

  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 John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency shall be brought to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Boxer) 
and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily 
absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 81, nays 16, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 31 Ex.]

                                YEAS--81

     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baldwin
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Blunt
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Cowan
     Cruz
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Fischer
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Hoeven
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (WI)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     McCain
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Paul
     Portman
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Scott
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Thune
     Toomey
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--16

     Barrasso
     Boozman
     Cochran
     Crapo
     Enzi
     Grassley
     Heller
     Inhofe
     Lee
     McConnell
     Moran
     Risch
     Roberts
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Boxer
     Lautenberg
     Vitter
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 81 and the nays are 
16. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in 
the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is on 
confirmation of the Brennan nomination.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There appears to be a sufficient second.
  There is a sufficient second.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination 
of John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency?
  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 New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) are necessarily 
absent.
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 63, nays 34, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 32 Ex.]

                                YEAS--63

     Alexander
     Baldwin
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Brown
     Burr
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Coats
     Coburn
     Collins
     Coons
     Corker
     Cowan
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Flake
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Graham
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Levin
     Manchin
     McCain
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Rubio
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--34

     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Chambliss
     Cochran
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Grassley
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Leahy
     Lee
     McConnell
     Merkley
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Sanders
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Wicker

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Boxer
     Lautenberg
     Vitter
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to 
reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President 
will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.


                           Vote Explanations

 Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I was unavoidably absent from the 
votes related to the nomination of John Brennan to be Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency. Had I been present, I would have voted yea 
on the motion to invoke cloture and yea on the nomination.
 Mr. VITTER. Madam President, I could not participate in the 
nomination of John Brennan to be Director of the CIA because of a 
family obligation in Louisiana.
  I strongly support Senator Paul's filibuster, oppose the use of 
drones in this country, and oppose both cloture and the confirmation of 
John Brennan.

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