[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 25, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1019-S1020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CLOTURE MOTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2 
minutes of debate equally divided between the two leaders or their 
designees prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
Freeman nomination.
  Who yields time?
  If no one yields time, time will be charged equally.
  Mr. COATS. I yield back the remaining time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back.
  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 
     Beth Labson Freeman, of California, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Northern District of California.
         Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Benjamin L. Cardin, Mark L. 
           Pryor, Mark Begich, Robert Menendez, Tom Harkin, Amy 
           Klobuchar, Christopher Murphy, Patty Murray, Jon 
           Tester, Richard J. Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Angus S. 
           King, Jr., Claire McCaskill, Richard Blumenthal, 
           Sheldon Whitehouse, Jack Reed.

  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 Beth Labson Freeman, of California, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of California shall be brought 
to a close?
  The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. HATCH (when his name was called). Present.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) is 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 56, nays 42, as follows:

                       [Rollcall Vote No. 42 Ex.]

                                YEAS--56

     Baldwin
     Begich
     Bennet
     Blumenthal
     Booker
     Boxer
     Brown
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Coons
     Donnelly
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Heinrich
     Heitkamp
     Hirono
     Johnson (SD)

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     Kaine
     King
     Klobuchar
     Landrieu
     Leahy
     Levin
     Manchin
     Markey
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murkowski
     Murphy
     Murray
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schatz
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Walsh
     Warner
     Warren
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                                NAYS--42

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

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Hatch
       

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Nelson
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the ayes are 56, the nays are 42, 
1 Senator responded ``present.''
  The motion is agreed to.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture and the motion to proceed to S. 1982 now 
occur at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon and the time from 2:15 p.m. to 3:30 
p.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I have also spoken to the chairman of the 
Judiciary Committee, and he does not desire a rollcall vote on this 
next nomination.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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