[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2994]
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CLOTURE MOTION
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will be 2
minutes of debate prior to the vote to invoke cloture on the Humetewa
nomination.
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
Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Arizona.
Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Robert Menendez,
Christopher Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Christopher A.
Coons, Angus S. King, Jr., Richard Blumenthal, Cory A.
Booker, Jeff Merkley, Amy Klobuchar, Dianne Feinstein,
Richard J. Durbin, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse,
Charles E. Schumer, Edward J. Markey.
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 Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona, 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. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr.
Rockefeller) is necessarily absent.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman).
The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mr. Coons). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 64, nays 34, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 146 Ex.]
YEAS--64
Ayotte
Baldwin
Barrasso
Begich
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Boxer
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Chambliss
Collins
Coons
Donnelly
Durbin
Feinstein
Flake
Franken
Gillibrand
Graham
Hagan
Harkin
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Isakson
Johnson (SD)
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Landrieu
Leahy
Levin
Manchin
Markey
McCain
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Mikulski
Murkowski
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Walsh
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden
NAYS--34
Alexander
Blunt
Burr
Coats
Coburn
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Crapo
Cruz
Enzi
Fischer
Grassley
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Johanns
Johnson (WI)
Kirk
Lee
McConnell
Moran
Paul
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rubio
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Thune
Toomey
Vitter
Wicker
NOT VOTING--2
Boozman
Rockefeller
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 64, the nays are 34.
The motion is agreed to.
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