[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 182 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S9082]
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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 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Brian J. Davis, of Florida, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
       Harry Reid, Sherrod Brown, Richard J. Durbin, Christopher 
     Murphy, Robert Menendez, Christopher A. Coons, Angus S. King, 
     Jr., Martin Heinrich, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne Feinstein, Tom 
     Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Bernard Sanders, Barbara Boxer, 
     Brian Schatz, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, 
     Benjamin L. Cardin, Michael F. Bennet.

  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 Brian J. Davis, of Florida, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 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.
  Mr. CHAMBLISS (when his name was called). ``Present.''
  Mr. HATCH (when his name was called). ``Present.''
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid) is 
necessarily absent.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Nevada (Mr. Reid) would vote ``aye.''
  Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the 
Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn), the Senator from Arizona, (Mr. Flake), the Senator from 
Georgia (Mr. Isakson), and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Johanns).
  Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander) would have voted ``nay.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 36, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 289 Ex.]

                                YEAS--56

     Baldwin
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)
     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Nelson
     Pryor
     Reed
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--36

     Ayotte
     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Coats
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     Cruz
     Enzi
     Fischer
     Graham
     Grassley
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Inhofe
     Johnson (WI)
     Kirk
     Lee
     McCain
     McConnell
     Moran
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Scott
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2

     Chambliss
     Hatch
      

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Alexander
     Coburn
     Flake
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Reid
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 56, the nays are 
36, with two Senators responding ``present.''
  The motion is agreed to.

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