[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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
Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Maine.
Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Patty Murray, Richard J.
Durbin, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Brian Schatz, Heidi
Heitkamp, Martin Heinrich, Tammy Baldwin, Debbie
Stabenow, Mazie K. Hirono, Barbara Boxer, Dianne
Feinstein, Angus S. King, Jr., Tim Kaine, Sheldon
Whitehouse, Amy Klobuchar.
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 Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District
Court Judge for the District of Maine, shall be brought to a close?
The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rules.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) is
necessarily absent.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Florida (Mr.
Rubio).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 34, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 116 Ex.]
YEAS--63
Ayotte
Baldwin
Begich
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Feinstein
Flake
Franken
Gillibrand
Hagan
Harkin
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Hoeven
Isakson
Johnson (SD)
Kaine
King
Kirk
Klobuchar
Landrieu
Leahy
Levin
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Reed
Reid
Rockefeller
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Walsh
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS--34
Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Burr
Chambliss
Coats
Coburn
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Enzi
Fischer
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Inhofe
Johanns
Johnson (WI)
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Thune
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker
NOT VOTING--3
Boozman
Pryor
Rubio
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 34.
The motion to invoke cloture is agreed to.
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